permittivity meaning

Noun: permittivity

1. (physics) a property of a dielectric medium that determines how well it transmits an electric field; it is determined by how much the medium polarizes in response to an electric field

Derived forms: permittivities

Encyclopedia: Permittivity

[Electricity]
"The dielectric constant multiplied by the permittivity of empty space, where the permittivity of empty space (&egr;₀) is a constant appearing in Coulomb's law, having the value of 1 in centimeter-gram-second electrostatic units, and of 8.854 "

[Electronics]
See DIELECTRIC CONSTANT.

• complex permittivity:    [Electricity]"A pr ...
• relative permittivity:    [Electricity]See d ...

Examples

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1. measuring the permittivity of cell culture dishs
2. transverse permittivity reconstruction of anisotropic plate
3. electric permittivity in gas atoms by the theory of quantum optics
4. standard test method for permittivity of geotextiles under load
5. temperature coefficient of permittivity