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Dipole

noun

A pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance.

An aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center. Synonym: dipole antenna.

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... magnetic attraction; gravity, attraction of gravitation. [objects which attract by physical force] lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar^; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite; electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator. electrical charge; positive charge, negative charge. magnetic pole; north pole, south pole; magnetic monopole. V. attract, draw; draw towards, pull towards, drag towards; adduce. Adj. attracting &c v.; attrahent^, attractive, adducent^, adductive^. centrifugal. Phr. ubi ...

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