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Grade 12Electrostatics

how can we define permitivity of a medium & explain??

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10 Years agoGrade 12
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10 Years ago
Permittivity, also called electric permittivity, is a constant of proportionality that exists between electric displacement and electric field intensity.
The permittivity of free space (a vacuum) is a physical constant equal to ... that exists between electric displacement and electric field intensity in a given medium.