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QUADRUPOLE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A four-terminal network having two distinct terminal pairs.

OBS

two-terminal-pair network: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

Key term(s)
  • two terminal pair network

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Tétrapôle à deux paires de bornes distinctes.

OBS

quadripôle : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation des termes de l'électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrotecnia
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Record 2 1990-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

An arrangement of four magnetic ... poles, of alternate polarity, pointing at the same volume of space (used to focus beams of sub-atomic particles).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Assemblage de quatre pôles magnétiques de signes alternés, dont on utilise l'action sur un faisceau de particules ayant une charge électrique.

CONT

Deux quadripôles successifs constituent l'équivalent magnétique d'une lentille convergente.

Spanish

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