monopole

Noun

Meaning

monopole (plural monopoles)

An appellation owned by a single winery.

(physics) A magnetic monopole.

A monopole antenna.

An electrical power transmission line having one direct-current conductor and a ground (earth) connection.

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Vous n'avez pas, M. Mitterrand, le monopole du cœur. (You do not have, Mr Mitterrand, the monopoly of heart). Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1967: 196–222. p. 206. The monopole antenna reduced the frequency of the waves compared to the dipole antennas used by Hertz, and radiated vertically polarized radio waves which could travel longer distances. Source: Internet

For example, a vertical monopole antenna requires a ground plane that often consists of an interconnected network of wires running radially away from the base of the antenna for a distance about equal to the height of the antenna. Source: Internet

Because of the close relationship of flow symmetry to the sound field generated, their concept was included here as part of the sound source description (monopole -symmetric and dipole - asymmetric). Source: Internet

Despite these efforts, no magnetic monopole has been observed to date. Source: Internet

Ekpyrotic models avoid the magnetic monopole problem as long as the temperature at the Big Crunch/Big Bang transition remains below the Grand Unified Scale, as this is the temperature required to produce magnetic monopoles in the first place. Source: Internet

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