dielectric constant

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noun

another name for relative permittivity

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TAKE JOY IN ACING THIS QUIZ ON “PRIDE” SYNONYMS

Hold your head up high as you embark on this quiz that explores some of the synonyms and meanings of “pride.”

Question 1 of 7

What does "dignity" mean?

showing self-respect

treating others with kindness

acting selfishly

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Words nearby dielectric constant

die in harness, diel, die laughing, dieldrin, dielectric, dielectric constant, dielectric heating, dielectric lens, dielectric loss, dielectric strength, Diels

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How to use dielectric constant in a sentence

He not only gives out pain — he is in constant, unrelenting pain.
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It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
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The courage of this husband and father is a constant reminder of how much some sacrifice for exercising universal rights.
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You have a pretty sexy online persona, what with the constant bikinis.
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A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
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This new nexus of print has grown up in the lifetime of four or five generations, and it is undergoing constant changes.
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His repeated coughing seemed a constant warning that at any moment he might be vanquished in the struggle for becoming silence.
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Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
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Labor, so it was argued, was perpetually being saved by the constant introduction of new uses of machinery.
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