noun
definition
A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.
Examples of permittivity in a Sentence
Nothing is going to have a relative permittivity less than that of a vacuum!
At higher temperatures the increased thermal vibrations cause the permittivity to drop again.
The refractive index, n, is given by the square root of the relative dielectric permittivity, i.e. .
Explain the relationship between electrical permittivity, susceptibility and polarization.
These artificial composites exhibit the unusual left-handedness, i.e. simultaneously negative permittivity and negative permeability.
The ceramic is a fine-grained mixture including barium titanate and similar materials with a high permittivity.
In transparent materials with anisotropic dielectric permittivity, important optical effects can be observed.