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Language:enStatus: Obsolete
Term: (absolute) permittivity
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Symbol: ε
Definition: scalar or tensor quantity the product of which by the electric field strength E in a medium is equal to the electric flux density D:

D = ε E

NOTE – For an isotropic medium the permittivity is a scalar quantity; for an anisotropic medium it is a tensor quantity.


Publication date:1998-08
Source705-03-02 MOD
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