monopole
Americannoun
noun
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a magnetic pole considered in isolation
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Also called: magnetic monopole. a hypothetical elementary particle postulated in certain theories of particle physics to exist as an isolated north or south magnetic pole
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"As we take the monopole forward, we want to harness the skills, expertise and manufacturing capability that exists here in Wales," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Monopoles had been predicted theoretically, but this is the first time we've actually seen a two-dimensional monopole in a naturally occurring magnet," said co-author Professor Paolo Radaelli, from the University of Oxford.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
For example, magnetic monopole quasiparticles have only one magnetic pole — unlike all ordinary magnets, which always have a north and a south.
From Nature ● Jul. 2, 2020
“There was a very defined monopole about what contemporary music grammar could be. And Henze was apart from that.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2018
Bless me," says Dicky, "I had no idea dry monopole would have had such an effect on Gore.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
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