It is shown that the fundamental expression for the complex permittivity epsilons* of a dilute suspension of monodispersed, spherical particles, epsilons*=epsilone*(1+3phid*), where epsilone* is the complex permittivity of the suspending medium and d* the dipolar coefficient, is strictly valid for any value of the volume fraction phi of particles in the suspension, provided that d* is interpreted as the ensemble average value of the dipolar coefficient of the particles and is defined in terms of the macroscopic electric field in the suspension.
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