Intermolecular or
intramolecular interaction between molecules or groups having a permanent
electric dipole moment. The strength of the interaction depends on the distance and relative orientation
of the dipoles. The term applies also to
intramolecular interactions between bonds having permanent dipole moments.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1106