octupole

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noun

Anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a kind of magnet used for controlling beams of charged particles

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Meanings

nounoctupole (plural octupoles)

plural octupoles · alternative octapole · alternative octopole

  1. natural sciencesAnything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a kind of magnet used for controlling beams of charged particles
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