Permittivity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A measure of the ability of a material to resist the formation of an electric field within it.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In elec., degree of permittance; the ratio of permittance of a dielectric to that of air.
  • n. In electricity, degree of permittance; the ratio of permittance of a dielectric to that of air.
  • Word Usage
    "This ability is represented by constants or fixed quantities that are called the permittivity (for electricity) and permeability (for magnetism)."
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