dipole moment

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   the moment of a dipole

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Questions about dipole moment

What does dipole moment mean?

dipole moment means "the moment of a dipole".

Is dipole moment a common word?

dipole moment is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.