Consider a linear quadrupole consisting of a point charge of strength 2q at the origin and point charges of strength —q at (0, 0, a) and (0, 0, —a).
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Quadrupole
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Bulgarian
1 entries- четириполюсник noun (a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions)
Russian
1 entries- квадрупо́ль noun (a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions)
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