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It is said that the separation between two charges forming an electric dipole should be small. Small compared to what?


It is said that the separation between two charges forming an electric dipole should be small. Small compared to what?

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Askiitians_Expert Yagyadutt
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13 years ago

hii nikhil !

 

Good question...:-

 

If you say that d is very small.....it doesn't mean that you are comparing d with any other parameter...it simply means that d is somewhat greater than zero...and has some value which is measurable....

 

in other word...smallest possible distance which cannot be zero and can be measurable...like 10^-2 mm or  10^-6 m ....

 

These are some distance which can be considered as small....but infact you are not comparing these with some quantity ....

 

Similarly if it says tha d is very large......it simply means...d is the largest possible no. close to infinty and measurable ....(can be measured with help of some scale)

 

I hope this is clear to you now 

 

Regards

 

Yagya

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