An attractive intermolecular force between a polar molecule (with a permanent dipole) and a nonpolar molecule. The electric field from the permanent dipole distorts the electron cloud of the nonpolar molecule, inducing a temporary dipole in it. The two dipoles then attract each other. The interaction potential energy is [latex]V \propto -\frac{\alpha \mu^2}{r^6}[/latex], where [latex]\alpha[/latex] is polarizability and [latex]\mu[/latex] is the permanent dipole moment.
