magnetic monopole

2 definitions found

magnetic monopole - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  magnetic monopole \magnetic monopole\ (Physics),
     a hypothetical subatomic particle having only one type of
     magnetic charge, the magnetic analogue of an electrically
     charged particle; it has only one magnetic pole instead of
     the two observed in all common magnetic object; -- it was
     still not observed as of 1998.
     [PJC]

magnetic monopole - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  magnetic monopole
      n 1: a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead
           of the usual two