| σ |
Electrical Conductivity |
| ε |
Complex Dielectric Permittivity |
| δe
|
Dissipation Factor |
| A |
Unit Cross Sectional Area |
| c |
Speed of light |
| μ0
|
Magnetic Constant |
| E |
Electric field |
| |E| |
Electric field strength inside the load |
| f |
Frequency |
| FDR |
Reflectometric Frequency Domain |
| L |
Unit Length |
| MW |
Microwave |
| P |
Polarization |
|
Pv
|
Energy developed per unit volume |
| R |
Resistance |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| SMA |
Sub Miniature version A |
| SPR |
Six-port reflectometer |
| tanσ |
Loss Tangent |
| TDR |
Time-Domain Reflectometry |
| TE |
Transverse Electric |
| TM |
Transverse Magnetic |
|
tp
|
Travel time |
| VNA |
Vector Network Analyzer |
| ε’ |
Dielectric Constant |
| ε’’ |
Loss Factor |
| ε0
|
Relative permittivity of vacuum |
| εabs
|
Absolute Permittivity |
|
|
Dielectric constant at high frequencies |
| εσ´´ |
Inertia of Ionic Conductivity |
| εD´´ |
Inertia of Dipole molecules |
| εr
|
Relative Permittivity |
| εr* |
Relative dielectric permittivity |
| Ω |
Angular frequency |
| εs
|
Dielectric constant at low frequencies |
| τ |
Relaxation Time |