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 | | Dipoles can be characterized by their dipole (A particular point in time) moment, a vector quantity with a magnitude equal to the product of the charge or magnetic strength of one of the poles and the distance separating the two poles. |
 | | The direction of the dipole moment corresponds to the direction from the negative to the positive charge or from the (The region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon Line) south to the (The northernmost point of the Earth's axis) north pole. |
 | | Instantaneous dipoles: These occur due to chance when (An elementary particle with negative charge) electrons happen to be more concentrated in one place than another in a ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound) molecule, creating a temporary dipole. |
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