English words for '(physics) permittivity'
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noun
- (physics) The emissivity of a material.
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current).
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle.
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle.
- (engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
adj
- In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
- Sexual, carnal.
- Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
- Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
- impelled by physical force especially against resistance
- characterized by energetic bodily activity
- concerned with material things
- involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
- relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics
- according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)
- having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses
noun
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- the act of allowing
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
- Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
- (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
- (commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
- Acknowledgment.
- An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
- Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
- (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
verb
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
- A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
- (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.
- The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
verb
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- the act of tolerating something
- the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
- (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
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adj
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name
noun
- (computer graphics) Initialism of physically based rendering.
- (nuclear physics, engineering) Initialism of pebble-bed reactor.
- (military, nautical, law enforcement) Initialism of patrol boat, rigid, a type of river patrol boat used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War.
- (botany, agriculture, horticulture) Initialism of plant breeders' rights.
- (computing) Initialism of policy-based routing.
- (firearms) Initialism of point-blank range.
- (firearms) Initialism of plastic baton round, a type of non-lethal projectile more commonly known as the plastic bullet.
- (ecology) Initialism of potential biological removal.
noun
- (physics) The integral of force over time.
- A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
- A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
- an instinctive motive
- the act of applying force suddenly
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
- a sudden desire
- an impelling force or strength
verb
adj
- having no apparent limits or bounds
- unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness
- extremely deep
- having no bottom
- Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
- Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
- Having no bounds; limitless.
- Extremely deep.
- (Philippines) refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
- Having no bottom.
- Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.
noun
- (countable, physics) A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
- (ethics, religion, uncountable) The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
- (countable) Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.
- (countable, computing) A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
noun
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
name
adj
- involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree
- (mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
noun
noun
- (physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies)
- A kind of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many noninteracting identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
adj
- having the properties of space
- (mathematics, of a four-vector) having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
- (physics, of the interval between two events in spacetime) lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other
noun
- (physics) The emissivity of a material.
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current).
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle.
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle.
- (engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- the act of allowing
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
- Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
- (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
- (commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
- Acknowledgment.
- An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
- Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
- (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
verb
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
- A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
- (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.
- The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
verb
noun
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- the act of tolerating something
- the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
- (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
verb
noun
- (physics) The integral of force over time.
- A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
- A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
- an instinctive motive
- the act of applying force suddenly
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
- a sudden desire
- an impelling force or strength
verb
noun
- (countable, physics) A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
- (ethics, religion, uncountable) The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
- (countable) Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.
- (countable, computing) A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
noun
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
name
noun
- (physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies)
- A kind of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many noninteracting identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
adj
- In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
- Sexual, carnal.
- Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
- Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
- impelled by physical force especially against resistance
- characterized by energetic bodily activity
- concerned with material things
- involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
- relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics
- according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)
- having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses
noun
adj
noun
adj
- having no apparent limits or bounds
- unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness
- extremely deep
- having no bottom
- Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
- Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
- Having no bounds; limitless.
- Extremely deep.
- (Philippines) refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
- Having no bottom.
- Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.
adj
- involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree
- (mathematics) Of a polynomial expression, involving only the zeroth, second, and fourth powers of a variable, as x⁴ + 3x² + 2. Sometimes extended to any expression involving the biquadrate or fourth power (but no higher powers), as x⁴ − 4x³ + 3x² − x + 1.
noun
adj
- having the properties of space
- (mathematics, of a four-vector) having a space component of greater magnitude than its time component multiplied by the speed of light
- (physics, of the interval between two events in spacetime) lying outside each other's light cone, so that no information can pass from one to the other