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Can a capacitor behave like a dipole???

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Yes, it can be.
An electric dipole is two charged objects, with equal but opposite electric charges, that are separated by a distance.
It isn't about radiation. You can have dipole radiation, it requires that the electric field be oscillating and a parallel plate capacitor can certainly radiate EM waves (photons) without being in resonance.

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