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- noun Plural form of
monopole .
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In the most rare instances, some properties are owned by only one producer and are known as monopoles.
Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008
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In the most rare instances, some properties are owned by only one producer and are known as monopoles.
Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008
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It seems that poles without their twins - magnetic "monopoles" - simply do not exist.
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Does your theory contain any new topological defects, such as monopoles, domain walls or cosmic strings?.
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Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie have, in cooperation with colleagues from Dresden, St. Andrews, La Plata and Oxford, for the first time observed magnetic monopoles and how they emerge in a real material.
Monday jdotmi 2009
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(If anything, I was grateful for finally learning what the heck monopoles are.)
'Big Bang Theory' recap: Wolowitz takes a bath with Katee Sackhoff | EW.com 2009
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Magnetic monopoles are hypothetical particles proposed by physicists that carry a single magnetic pole, either a magnetic north pole or south pole.
Monday jdotmi 2009
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Among others, in 1931 the physicist Paul Dirac was led by his calculations to the conclusion that magnetic monopoles can exist at the end of tubes – called Dirac strings – that carry magnetic field.
Monday jdotmi 2009
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However there are several theories that predict the existence of monopoles.
Monday jdotmi 2009
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LHC makes no bones about it, they're going for black holes on purpose (also hoping for monopoles and strangelets).
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