sextupole

noun — 2 senses

sextupole

noun
1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions

2

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics a magnet with three north poles and three south poles, used to focus or contain a beam of particles

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