Etymology

multipole

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Today it means: Any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization Full definition →

English pole ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishpole
  7. English todaymultipole

From multi- + pole.

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