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Meaning of DIELECTRIC

Pronunciation:  `dIi'lektrik

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
 

DIELECTRIC is a 10 letter word that starts with D.

 

 Synonyms: insulator, nonconductor
 
 Antonyms: conductor
 
 See Also: bushing, glass wool, material, mineral wool, rock wool, stuff

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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