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What is polarisation?

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Polarisation `vecP` is defined as the total dipole moment per unit volume of the dielectric.
`vecP=chi_(e)vecE_(ext)`
(ii) where `chi_(e)` is a constant called the electric susceptibility which is a characteristic of each dielectric.
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