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Definition of Dielectric
1. Noun. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.
Specialized synonyms: Bushing, Mineral Wool, Rock Wool, Glass Wool
Generic synonyms: Material, Stuff
Antonyms: Conductor
Derivative terms: Insulate
Definition of Dielectric
1. n. 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.
Definition of Dielectric
1. Noun. (physics) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field. ¹
2. Adjective. (electrically) insulating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dielectric
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dielectric
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dielectric
Literary usage of Dielectric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1916)
"CHAPTER XIV dielectric LOSSES dielectric Hysteresis 116. Just as magnetic hysteresis
and eddy currents give a power component in the inductive reactance, ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"He then determined the ratio of the capacities of the two condensers, one with
air and the other with the solid dielectric. This gave the dielectric ..."
3. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"dielectric Losses.—If a constant voltage is impressed on the terminals of a ...
13) a dielectric field is set up and the dielectric material is in a state ..."
4. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"In other media than air, the velocity V is inversely proportional to the square
root of the product of the dielectric and the magnetic inductive capacities. ..."
5. Electricity and Magnetism for Engineers by Harold Pender (1919)
"dielectric Strength, Electric Spark and Electric Corona.— Experiment shows that
when an electric field is established in a dielectric and the intensity of ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1893)
"If I had intended to measure the electric resistance of the dielectric, it would
indeed have been necessary to have perfect insulation; for break-down tests ..."
7. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"There is no doubt that the dielectric constant of the solvent is, ... The denominators
of these fractions are known as the " dielectric constants " of the ..."
8. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"dielectric Constant Specific Inductive Capacity) ol Gasea. Atmospheric Pressure.
... —Variation of the dielectric Constant with the Temperature. ..."
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