quadrupole moment

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quadrupole moment [′kwä·drə‚pōl ‚mō·mənt]

(electromagnetism)

A quantity characterizing a distribution of charge or magnetization; it is given by integrating the product of the charge density or divergence of magnetization density, the second power of the distance from the origin, and a spherical harmonicY_^*₂mover the charge or magnetization distribution.

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