nagative lipid + positive lipid
Dipole, literally, means "two poles," two electrical charges, one negative and one positive.
We say that neurons have an electrochemical charge, and this charge changes, depending on whether the neuron is at rest or is sending a signal.
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An electric dipole deals with the separation of the positive and negative charges found in any electromagnetic system. A simple example of this system is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign separated by some typically small distance. (A permanent electric dipole is called an electret.)