Permittivity
type: QuantityKind
description: "Permittivity" is a physical quantity that describes how an electric field affects, and is affected by a dielectric medium, and is determined by the ability of a material to polarize in response to the field, and thereby reduce the total electric field inside the material. Permittivity is often a scalar valued quantity, however in the general case it is tensor-valued.
applicable unit: FARAD-PER-KiloM
applicable unit: FARAD-PER-M
applicable unit: FARAD Ab-PER-CentiM
applicable unit: MicroFARAD-PER-KiloM
applicable unit: MicroFARAD-PER-M
applicable unit: NanoFARAD-PER-M
applicable unit: PicoFARAD-PER-M
dbpedia match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Permittivity
has dimension vector: A0E2L-3I0M-1H0T4D0
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAD136
informative reference: http://maxwells-equations.com/materials/permittivity.php
informative reference: http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/ListsOfUnitsAllVersions/0112-2---62720%23UAD136
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permittivity
latex definition: $\epsilon = \frac{D}{E}$, where $D$ is electric flux density and $E$ is electric field strength.
latex symbol: $\epsilon$
plain text description: "Permittivity" is a physical quantity that describes how an electric field affects, and is affected by a dielectric medium, and is determined by the ability of a material to polarize in response to the field, and thereby reduce the total electric field inside the material. Permittivity is often a scalar valued quantity, however in the general case it is tensor-valued.
si exact match: PRMI
wikidata match: Q211569
comment: Applicable units are those of quantitykind:Permittivity