octupole

Dipole vs Octupole - What's the difference?

Octupole is a related term of dipole.

In physics terms the difference between dipole and octupole

is that dipole is any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles while octupole is anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a combination of two quadrupoles used for controlling beams of charged particles.

Quadrupole vs Octupole - What's the difference?

quadrupole | octupole |

As nouns the difference between quadrupole and octupole

is that quadrupole is quadripole, two-port network 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 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.

Pole vs Octupole - What's the difference?

pole | octupole |

As nouns the difference between pole and octupole

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