a measure of the response of a substance to an electric field, expressed as the ratio of its electric displacement to the applied field strength; measured in farads per metre
Symbol: ε. See also relative permittivity, electric constant
Examples of 'permittivities' in a sentence
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The mixing model estimates the bulk effective complex permittivities of solid-water-air media.
Timothy R. Green, Mike Schwank 2007, 'Simulated Effects of Soil Temperature and Salinity on Capacitance Sensor Measurements',Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/7/4/548/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mixed-texture permittivity models are employed to calculate the frozen and thawed soil permittivities.
Xuerui Wu, Shuanggen Jin, Liang Chang 2017, 'Monitoring Bare Soil Freeze–Thaw Process Using GPS-Interferometric Reflectometry:Simulation and Validation', Remote Sensinghttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/1/14. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Generally speaking, the internal and external dielectric fillings must have their unequal relative permittivities.
Victor V. Atuchin, Anatoly P. Gorbachev, Vladimir A. Khrustalev, Natalya V. Tarasenko 2019, 'The Reentrant Four-Layer Quasi-Elliptic Bandstop Filter', Electronicshttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/8/1/81. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)