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MAGNETIC MONOPOLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Magnetism
DEF

A particle that has but a single magnetic pole, either north or south.

CONT

As their name implies, magnetic monopoles are single magnetic poles - an exotic state of matter in a universe in which all ordinary magnets must have both a north and south pole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Magnétisme
DEF

[...] type de particule de la physique représentant une charge magnétique ponctuelle.

Spanish

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