DIPOLE MOMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The moment of a dipole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("dipole moment" is a kind of...):

moment (a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dipole moment"):

electric dipole moment (the dipole moment in an electric dipole)

magnetic dipole moment ((physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole)