octupole
Noun. (physics) Anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a combination of two quadrupoles used for controlling beams of charged particles.This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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