Meaning Of The Word Dielectric constant

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dielectric constant in British English
the ratio of the capacitance of a capacitor in which a particular insulating material is the dielectric, to its capacitance in which a vacuum is the dielectric
noun
noun: the ratio of the flux density produced by an electric field in a given dielectric to the flux density produced by that field in a vacuum; permittivity

dielectric constant in Electrical Engineering
noun: Dielectric constant is the ratio of the capacitance of a capacitor with the given material as dielectric, to the capacitance of the same capacitor with vacuum (or air) as the dielectric.

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