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Homework Statement
Can anyone explain why the direction of the dipole moment of an electric dipole is always taken as "from -q to +q" but not "from +q to -q"? In fact when we draw the electric lines of force we are only drawing in such a way that they start from +q and terminate at -q.Then why this contradiction? What is the correct explanation for this convention?