electric dipole

noun

two electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign separated by a short distance

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electric doublet
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Meanings

nounelectric dipole (plural electric dipoles)

plural electric dipoles

  1. natural sciencestwo electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign separated by a short distance

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna dipole with equal and opposite electric charges

Similar
electric doublet
Broader
dipole

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish sähködipoli, dipoli
  • sähködipolisystem of two equal electric charges
  • dipolisystem of two equal electric charges
Romanian dipol electric
  • dipol electricsystem of two equal electric charges
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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