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Magnetic dipole
A magnetic dipole is any elementary volume creating a magnetic field at distances large compared to its dimensions, identical to the magnetic field of an elementary loop of electric current
Source: "ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS OF BASIC CONCEPTS. GOST R 52002-2003"
(approved by the Decree of the State Standard of Russia dated January 9, 2003 No. 3-st)