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[syn: insulator, dielectric, nonconductor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dielectric
n 1: a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible
electrical or thermal conductivity [syn: insulator,
dielectric, nonconductor] [ant: conductor]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dielectric":
conductance, conduction, conductivity, conductor,
electric conduction, gas conduction, insulator, ionic conduction,
liquid conduction, metallic conduction, mho, nonconducting,
nonconductive, nonconductor, photoconduction, semiconductor,
superconductivity, superconductor