Meanings
nounpermittivity (countable and uncountable, plural permittivities)
plural permittivities
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesA property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian диелектрична проницаемост
- диелектрична проницаемост (dielektrična pronicaemost)property of a dielectric medium
Czech permitivita
- permitivitaproperty of a dielectric medium
Danish permittivitet
- permittivitetproperty of a dielectric medium
Dutch permittiviteit
- permittiviteitproperty of a dielectric medium
Finnish permittiivisyys
- permittiivisyysproperty of a dielectric medium
French permittivité
- permittivitéproperty of a dielectric medium
German Permittivität
- Permittivitätproperty of a dielectric medium
Italian permettività
- permettivitàproperty of a dielectric medium
Korean 유전율
- 유전율 (yujeonyul)property of a dielectric medium
Russian диэлектрическая проницаемость
- диэлектрическая проницаемость (dielektričeskaja pronicajemostʹ)property of a dielectric medium
Spanish permitividad
- permitividadproperty of a dielectric medium
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APA
permittivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permittivity
MLA
“permittivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permittivity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permittivity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permittivity.
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