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Dielectric

noun
1.
A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.  Synonyms: insulator, nonconductor.



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"Dielectric" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dielectric. A non-conductor for an electric current, but through which electro-static induction will take place. For example: glass and rubber ...
— Electricity for Boys • J. S. Zerbe
... no longer to question him. In the dielectric, the green sparks and spurts of living flame began to crackle and to hiss like living spirits ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England


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