Meaning of DIELECTRIC
| Pronunciation: | | `dIi'lektrik
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity |
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| | Synonyms: | | insulator, nonconductor |
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| | Antonyms: | | conductor | | |
| | See Also: | | bushing, glass wool, material, mineral wool, rock wool, stuff | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di`e*lec"tric\, n. [Pref. dia- + electric.] (Elec.)
Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by
a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of
induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by
induction, from the electrifying body.
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| | Related Terms: | | conductance, conduction, conductivity, conductor, electric conduction, gas conduction, insulator, ionic conduction, liquid conduction, metallic conduction, mho, nonconducting, nonconductive, nonconductor, photoconduction, semiconductor, superconductivity, superconductor |
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