A hypothetical massive particle which is a single magnetic pole with a spherically symmetric field, the existence of which is predicted by quantum field theory.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Definition of magnetic monopole in US English:
magnetic monopole
noun
Physics
A hypothetical massive particle which is a single magnetic pole with a spherically symmetric field, the existence of which is predicted by quantum field theory.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.