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

• Dipole (disambiguation)
• Moment (disambiguation)