Kholmetskii, A.L.Yarman, T.Missevitch, O.V.2025-04-162025-04-1620250295-507510.1209/0295-5075/adb7ff2-s2.0-105000300097https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/adb7ffhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/7826We derive the Lorentz-invariant expression for the force acting on a pointlike electric/magnetic dipole in an electromagnetic field, based on a covariant representation of the Lagrangian density for a polarized/magnetized material medium in an electromagnetic field (Fabrizio M. and Morri A., Electromagnetism of Continuous Media (Oxford University Press, Oxford) 2003), and discuss its physical meaning. Copyright © 2025 EPLA. All rights, including for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies, are reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticleQ3Q21495