permittivity

permittivity

English

Etymology

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English permittive
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English permittivity

    From permittive + -ity.

    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.

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