ELECTRIC DIPOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric dipole mean? 

• ELECTRIC DIPOLE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC DIPOLE has 1 sense:

1. a dipole with equal and opposite electric charges

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC DIPOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC DIPOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dipole with equal and opposite electric charges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

electric dipole; electric doublet

Hypernyms ("electric dipole" is a kind of...):

dipole (a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance)