The product of the distance separating the charges of a dipole and the magnitude of either charge.
Example sentencesExamples
Formulae giving the optical absorption due to second-order terms in the crystal electric moment expansion are obtained.
Debye's formula includes the polarizability of the molecule, its permanent electric moment, the dielectric constant, and the energy of thermal agitation.
Definition of electric moment in US English:
electric moment
noun
Physics
The product of the distance separating the charges of a dipole and the magnitude of either charge.
Example sentencesExamples
Formulae giving the optical absorption due to second-order terms in the crystal electric moment expansion are obtained.
Debye's formula includes the polarizability of the molecule, its permanent electric moment, the dielectric constant, and the energy of thermal agitation.