Dipole moment

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Dipole moment refers to the quality of a system to behave like a dipole. This could be:

Electrical dipole moment, the measure of the electrical polarity of a system of charges
Transition dipole moment, the electrical dipole moment in quantum mechanics
Magnetic dipole moment, the measure of the magnetic polarity of a system of charges
Bond dipole moment, the measure of polarity of a chemical bond
Electron electric dipole moment, the measure of the charge distribution within an electron
Topological dipole moment, the measure of the topological defect charge distribution