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A system with two separated opposite poles or charges.
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- electric dipole
- magnetic dipole
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The molecule behaved as an electric dipole.
A magnetic dipole turned in the applied field.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular dipole; plural dipoles. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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