Definition of "dipoles" [dipoles]

• Plural form of dipole. (noun)

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• "Magnets are called dipoles, meaning they must have two poles."
• "The big magnetic sausages are called dipoles, and the bundled cables connecting each one to its end-to-end neighbor are packed inside copper casings the size of a cigarette lighter."
• "In the material world this is quite exceptional because magnetic particles are usually observed as dipoles, north and south combined."