different between quadrupole vs quadruplicate

English

Noun

quadrupole (plural quadrupoles)

1. (physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
   • 1975, David M. Cook, The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, page 123,

     Consider a linear quadrupole consisting of a point charge of strength 2q at the origin and point charges of strength —q at (0, 0, a) and (0, 0, —a).

2. (physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.

Related terms

• quadrupolar
• octupole

Translations

See also

• quadripole

English

Etymology

From Latin quadruplicatus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kw??d?u?pl?k?t/

Adjective

quadruplicate (not comparable)

1. having four parts
   • 1903: H.G. Wells, Mankind in the Making

     The small schools might specialize upon the type locally most desirable, the larger might group its triplicate (or quadruplicate) system of sustained and serious courses about a common Library […]

2. four times over, multiplied by four
   • 1891: Rudyard Kipling, American Notes

     […] Fortune, who delights in making the miner or the lumber-man a quadruplicate millionaire and in "busting" the railroad king.

Noun

quadruplicate (plural quadruplicates)

1. in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
   • c.1886: Rudyard Kipling, The Lovers' Litany

     Four times Cupid's debtor I-- / Bankrupt in quadruplicate.

Verb

quadruplicate (third-person singular simple present quadruplicates, present participle quadruplicating, simple past and past participle quadruplicated)

1. To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.

See also

• triplicate
• duplicate

Italian

Verb

quadruplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of quadruplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of quadruplicare
3. feminine plural of quadruplicato

Latin

Verb

quadruplic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of quadruplic?