Definition of Dielectrics

1. Noun. (plural of dielectric) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dielectrics

1. dielectric [n] - See also: dielectric

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dielectrics

diegeses
diegesis
diegetic
diegetically
diehard
diehards
dieing
diel
dieldrin
dieldrins
dielectric
dielectric absorption
dielectric grease
dielectric heating
dielectrically
dielectrics (current term)
dielectrography
dielectrolysis
dielectron
dielectronic
dielectrons
dielectrophoresis
dielectrophoretic
dieless
dielytra
dielytras
diemaker
diemakers
dienamine
dienamines

Literary usage of Dielectrics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"(5) On the Leakage of Electricity through dielectrics traversed by Rontgen Rays. ... Experiments proving that dielectrics when traversed by Rontgen rays ..."

2. Elements of Electromagnetic Theory by Samuel Jackson Barnett (1903)
"IDEAL FIELDS CONTAINING TWO OR MORE dielectrics. 1. Generalisation of Gauss's Theorem.* In § 23, Chapter I., this theorem was established for a surface ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"On the Discharge of Electricity produced by the Rontgen Rays, and the Effects produced by these Rays on dielectrics through which they pass. ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"dielectrics AND DIELECTRIC PHENOMENA STATIC STRAINS IN HIGH-TENSION CIRCUITS AND THE ... 1047-1062 Experimental study of energy losses in dielectrics, ..."

5. An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Attraction by Francis Alexander Tarleton (1913)
"dielectrics. 224. Influence of Medium.—Faraday discovered that if one coating of a Leyden jar be raised to a given potential, and the other coating be at ..."

6. American Telephone Practice by Kempster Blanchard Miller (1905)
"Several condensers built exactly alike, so far as size of plates and the distance between them are concerned, and using different materials for dielectrics, ..."

7. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1916)
"It has been proved by experiments made by the author and Mr. Dyke that the true conductivity of most dielectrics for alternating currents is very much ..."

8. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk ( Maxwell (1873)
"CHAPTER X. CONDUCTION IN dielectrics. 325.] WE have seen that when electromotive force acts on a dielectric medium it produces in it a state which we have ..."

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