Dipoles
From Glossary of Meteorology
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dipole
- Without qualification usually means electric dipole, a system composed of two charges of equal and opposite sign separated by a distance.
A magnetic dipole is an electric current loop enclosing a finite area in a plane.
See dipole moment.
Same as dipole antenna.
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