"permittivity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: permittivities [plural]
Etymology: From permittive + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|permittive|ity}} permittive + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} permittivity (countable and uncountable, plural permittivities)
  1. (physics) A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: absolute permittivity, chromopermittivity, relative permittivity Translations (property of a dielectric medium): диелектрична проницаемост (dielektrična pronicaemost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), permitivita [feminine] (Czech), permittivitet [common-gender] (Danish), permittiviteit (Dutch), permittiivisyys (Finnish), permittivité [feminine] (French), Permittivität [feminine] (German), permettività [feminine] (Italian), 유전율 (yujeonyul) (Korean), permitividad [feminine] (Spanish)

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