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Electrode vs Octupole - What's the difference?

electrode | octupole |

As nouns the difference between electrode and octupole

is that electrode is electrode while octupole is (physics) anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a combination of two quadrupoles used for controlling beams of charged particles.

electrode

English

(wikipedia electrode)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit
  • a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device

    • Related terms

    * electrode potential * reference electrode * standard electrode potential * standard hydrogen electrode

    See also

    * -ode * cathode * anode

    octupole

    English

    Alternative forms

    *octopole

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) Anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a combination of two quadrupoles used for controlling beams of charged particles

    • Related terms

    *dipole *hexadecapole *hexapole *multipole *quadrupole