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monopole

American  
[mon-uh-pohl] / ˈmɒn əˌpoʊl /

monopole British  
/ ˈmɒnəˌpəʊl /

noun

  1. a magnetic pole considered in isolation

  2. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

monopole Scientific  
/ mŏn′ə-pōl′ /
  1. The minimal region for which lines of force, as from an electric or magnetic field, either all enter or all leave the region. Particles with electric charge, such as electrons, are monopoles; though magnetic fields can behave as if generated by sets of monopoles (as in the case of magnetic dipoles), it is not known whether isolable magnetic monopoles exist.


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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.

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