there is a separation of positive and negative charges.

The bond dipole u is given by:

The bond dipole is modeled as ?⁺ — ?^- with a distance d between the partial charges ?⁺ and ?^-. It is a vector, parallel to the bond axis, pointing from minus to plus, as is conventional for electric dipole moment vectors.

Chemists often draw the vector

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