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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dielectric
n : a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible
electrical or thermal conductivity [syn: {insulator}, {nonconductor}]
[ant: {conductor}]
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