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Relative Dielectric Permittivity

Relative dielectric permittivity is the degree to which a medium resists the flow of electric charge divided by the degree to which free space resists such charge. The degree, or dielectric permittivity, is defined as the ratio of the electric displacement to the electric field strength. The term is also known as the relative dielectric constant.