'Dielectric' definitions:
Definition of 'dielectric'
(from WordNet)
noun
A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity [syn: insulator, dielectric, nonconductor] [ant: conductor]
Definition of 'Dielectric'
From: GCIDE
- Dielectric \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dielectric'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- conductance,
- conduction,
- conductivity,
- conductor,
- electric conduction,
- gas conduction,
- insulator,
- ionic conduction,
- liquid conduction,
- metallic conduction,
- mho,
- nonconducting,
- nonconductive,
- nonconductor,
- photoconduction,
- semiconductor,
- superconductivity,
- superconductor