PERMITTIVITY


Meaning of PERMITTIVITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpər-ˌmi-ˈti-və-tē, -mə- ]

noun

Etymology: permit (I) + -ivity (as in selectivity )

Date: 1887

: the ability of a material to store electrical potential energy under the influence of an electric field measured by the ratio of the capacitance of a capacitor with the material as dielectric to its capacitance with vacuum as dielectric — called also dielectric constant

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