Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

permittivity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: per-mit-tiv-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English permittive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English permittivity From permittive + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

permittivities (plural)

Derived Forms

chromopermittivity

Phrases

absolute permittivity relative permittivity

Questions

What does permittivity mean?: A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.
Where does permittivity come from?: Etymology tree English permittive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English permittivity From permittive + -ity.

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