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electric octupole moment

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: electric octupole moment
 
(i¦lek·trik ′äk·tə′pōl ′mō·mənt)

(electricity) A quantity characterizing an electric charge distribution; obtained by integrating the product of the charge density, the third power of the distance from the origin, and a spherical harmonic Y*3m over the charge distribution.


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