 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dielectric
noun: a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible
electrical or thermal conductivity [syn: {insulator}, {nonconductor}]
[ant: {conductor}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dielectric \Di'e*lec"tric\, noun [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.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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