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dipole-dipole force

dipole-dipole force

[¦dī‚pōl ¦dī‚pōl ‚fȯrs]
(physical chemistry)
orientation force
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To accurately model the behavior of an ordered domain with spontaneously broken symmetry, one must take into account not just the nearest-neighbor dipole-dipole forces, but also the longer-range interactions.
Pedagogic demonstration of spontaneously broken symmetry by magnetic compasses
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