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doublet
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electric doublet, doublet, dipole
1. Any object or system that is oppositely charged at two points, or poles; such as, a magnet or a polar molecule. 2. Any object or system that has equal magnitudes but opposite signs or which is oppositely charged at two points, or poles.

This includes a magnet or a polar molecule; more precisely, it is the limit as either charge goes to infinity, the separation distance to zero, while the product remains constant.

This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 8)