Dipole moment

Dipole moment may refer to:

Electric dipole moment, the measure of the electrical polarity of a system of charges
- Transition dipole moment, the electrical dipole moment in quantum mechanics
- Molecular dipole moment
  , the electric dipole moment of a molecule.
- Bond dipole moment
  , the measure of polarity of a chemical bond
- Electron electric dipole moment, the measure of the charge distribution within an electron
Magnetic dipole moment
, the measure of the magnetic polarity of a system of charges
- Electron magnetic moment
- Nuclear magnetic moment, the magnetic moment of an atomic nucleus
Topological dipole moment, the measure of the topological defect charge distribution
The first order term (or the second term) of the multipole expansion of a function
The
dielectric constant
of a solvent; the measure of its capacity to break the covalent molecules into ions

See also