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Define Relative permitivity

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12 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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12 Years ago
Relativepermittivity is the factor by which the electric field between the charges is decreased or increasedrelativeto vacuum. Likewise,relativepermittivity is the ratio of the capacitance of a capacitor using that material as a dielectric, compared to a similar capacitor that has vacuum as its dielectric.
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