This is a movie that shows diagrammatically how simple polar molecules in a fluid phase might respond to an electric field. In real instances each molecule would also have substantial translational velocities.
You can apply a field by clicking on the switch symbol. More information is available about the molecule when you move your mouse over the top left hand instance.
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