Dielectric Definition

dīĭ-lĕktrĭk
noun
A material, as rubber, glass, etc., or a medium, as a vacuum, gas, etc., that does not conduct electricity but can sustain an electric field: dielectrics are used in capacitors, between adjacent wires in a cable, etc.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Having the properties or function of a dielectric.
Webster's New World
Having little or no ability to conduct electricity, generally as a result of having no electrons that are free to move.
American Heritage Science

(electrically) Insulating.

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Other Word Forms of Dielectric

Noun

Singular:
dielectric
Plural:
dielectrics

Origin of Dielectric

  • From dia- (“through”) + electric. Learned 19th-century formation, coined by William Whewell (died 1866).

    From Wiktionary

  • di(a)– electric

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dielectric Sentence Examples

  • For constant charges and distances the mechanical force is inversely as the dielectric constant.

  • This harmonizes with the fact that the real seat of the energy 3f electrification is the dielectric or insulator surrounding the charged conductor.'

  • Mossotti found a relation between the dielectric constant and the space actually occupied by the molecules, viz.

  • K= (I +2a)/(I -a), or a=(K-I)/(K+2), where K is the dielectric constant and a the fraction of the total volume actually occupied by matter.

  • Again, water, the best electrolytic solvent known, is also the body of the highest specific inductive capacity (dielectric constant), and this property, to whatever cause it may be due, will reduce the forces between electric charges in the neighbourhood, and may therefore enable two ions to separate.

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DDIDIE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With C

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