Definition:Electric Dipole
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Definition
An electric dipole is a pair of point charges of equal but opposite charges $+q$ and $-q$, separated by a constant distance apart.
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Sources
- 1990: I.S. Grant and W.R. Phillips: Electromagnetism (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Force and energy in electrostatics: $1.2$ The Electric Field