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I AGREE with Mr. Addenbrooke, in his letter in NATURE of Nov. 22, as to the desirability of avoiding the illogical nomenclature involved in applying the term ‘dielectric constant’ to a quantity which is apt to vary greatly according to the prevailing conditions.
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THOMAS, A. Properties of Dielectrics in Electric Fields. Nature 127, 14–15 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127014c0
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