Onsager theory of dielectrics

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Onsager theory of dielectrics [′ȯn‚säg·ər ‚thē·ə·rē əv ‚dī·ə′lek·triks]

(electricity)

A theory for calculating the dielectric constant of a material with polar molecules in which the local field at a molecule is calculated for an actual spherical cavity of molecular size in the dielectric using Laplace's equation, and the polarization catastrophe of the Lorentz field theory is thereby avoided.

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