As nouns the difference between terms and sextupole
is that terms is while sextupole is (physics) a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions.
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sextupole
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(physics) a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions
(physics) a magnet with three north poles and three south poles, used to focus or contain a beam of particles