Electric dipole moment
VECTOR PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING THE SEPARATION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGES WITHIN A SYSTEM
Electric dipole; Electric Dipole Moment; Anomalous electric dipole moment; Coulomb-metre; Coulomb-meter; Separation of charge; Electrical dipole moment; Electric moment; Dipole moments of molecules
The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system, that is, a measure of the system's overall polarity. The SI unit for electric dipole moment is the coulomb-meter (C⋅m).