PERMITTIVITY

Permittivity

In electromagnetism, absolute permittivity is the measure of the resistance that is encountered when forming an electric field in a medium. In other words, permittivity is a measure of how an electric field affects, and is affected by, a dielectric medium. The permittivity of a medium describes how much electric field is 'generated' per unit charge in that medium. More electric flux exists in a medium with a high permittivity because of polarization effects. Permittivity is directly related to electric susceptibility, which is a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an electric field. Thus, permittivity relates to a material's ability to ...

The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Permittivity
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

permittivity

Noun

  1. A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: permittivity
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!