dipole

See also: dipôle

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ pole.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌɪpəʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪˌpoʊl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dipole (plural dipoles)

1. (physics) Any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles).
2. (chemistry) Any molecule or radical that has delocalised positive and negative charges.
3. (radio) A dipole antenna.

Derived terms

• dipole moment
• dipole wave
• electric dipole
• interdipole
• macrodipole
• microdipole
• molecular dipole
• nondipole

 

Translations

any object that is oppositely charged at two points

• Catalan: dipol m
• Czech: dipól m
• Finnish: dipoli (fi)
• French: dipôle (fr) m
• Italian: dipolo (it) m
• Polish: dipol m
• Romanian: dipol (ro) m
• Swedish: dipol (sv) c
• Welsh: deubol m

any molecule that has delocalised charges

• Finnish: dipoli (fi)
• French: dipôle (fr) m
• German: Dipol (de) m
• Italian: dipolo (it) m
• Polish: dipol m
• Portuguese: dipolo m
• Romanian: dipol (ro) m
• Spanish: dipolo m
• Swedish: dipol (sv) c
• Tagalog: daltaluktok
• Turkish: dipol
• Welsh: deubol m

dipole antenna — see dipole antenna

Anagrams

• diploe, diploë, elopid, lepido-, peloid