dielectric : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dielectric	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dielectric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dielectric n a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity Synonym(s): insulator, dielectric, nonconductor Antonym(s): conductor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.