Electric Charges and Fields

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An electric dipole is a pair of equal and opposite point charges q and –q, separated by a distance 2a. The line connecting the two charges defines a direction in space.

–q to q is the direction of the dipole.

The mid-point of locations of –q and q is called the centre of the dipole.