Look up: dielectric

1. Dielectric
   any material that is electrically insulating.
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2. Dielectric
   An insulating (non-conductive) material usually when used in a capacitor or specific insulating situation such as in a coaxial cable.
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3. Dielectric
   A material which acts as an electrical insulator.
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4. Dielectric
   An insulating material. Such as the material between theplates of a capacitor. See also: Dielectric Constant, Dielectric Displacement, Dielectric Losses, Dielectric Strength, Ferroelectric.
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5. Dielectric
   any material that is electrically insulating.
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6. Dielectric
   Material that does not conduct electricity. Generally used for making capacitors, insulating conductors (as in crossover and multilayered circuits) and for encapsulating circuits.
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7. Dielectric
   A nonconductor of electricity, such as an insulator, or a substance in which an electric field can be maintained with a minimum loss of power. The material used between two conducting plates to form a capacitor.
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8. dielectric
   An insulating medium which occupies the region between two conductors.
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9. Dielectric
   Nonconductor of electricity; the ability of a material to resist the flow of an electric current.
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10. dielectric
    liquid dielectrics are almost universally preferred Category: Iron and steel industries • a substance through which conduction of electric current does not take place or is negligible,and in which an electric field can be maintained with a minimum loss of energy Category: Electrical e...
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11. Dielectric
    The insulating material that separates the centre conductor and the shielding.
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12. Dielectric
    Di`e·lec'tric noun [ Prefix dia- + electric .] (Electricity) 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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13. dielectric
    <physics> 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. ... Origin: Pref. Dia- + electric. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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14. dielectric
    (di″ә-lek´trik) transmitting electric effects by induction, but not by conduction. The term is applied to an insulating substance through or across which electric force is acting or may act, by induction without conduction. an insulating substance that transmits in this way, through or across w...
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15. Dielectric
    • (n.) 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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16. dielectric
    insulating material or a very poor conductor of electric current. When dielectrics are placed in an electric field, practically no current flows in ... [7 related articles]
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17. Dielectric
    1) Any electrical insulating medium between two conductors. 2) The medium used to provide electrical isolation or separation.
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18. Dielectric
    A dielectric is an electrical insulator that can be polarized by an applied electric field. When a dielectric is placed in an electric field, electric charges do not flow through the material as they do in a conductor, but only slightly shift from their average equilibrium positions causing dielect...
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19. dielectric
    qualifies a substance which can be polarized by an electric field
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20. dielectric
    a substance whose basic electromagnetic property is to be polarized by an electric field NOTE - In practice insulating materials are often called dielectrics when permittivity is an important property concerned in use.
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21. dielectric
    A nonconductor of electric charge in which an applied electric field causes a displacement of charge but not a flow of charge. Electrons within the atoms of a dielectric are, on average, displaced by an applied field with respect to the nucleus, giving rise to a dipole that has an electric moment in...
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22. dielectric
    dielectric (dī"ilek'trik) , material that does not conduct electricity readily, i.e., an insulator (see insulation). A good dielectric should also have other properties: It must resist breakdown under high voltages; it should not itself draw appreciable power from the circuit; it must ...
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23. Dielectric
    Dielectric is the name given to any medium through or across which electrostatic induction can take place. The application of an electric field to a dielectric results only in a displacement of electric charge within the material, due to the molecules becoming polarized and orientating themselves in...
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