dielectric

English

WOTD – 22 July 2008

Etymology

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dielectric

Wikipedia

From dia- (“through”) +‎ electric. Learned 19th-century formation, coined by William Whewell (died 1866).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈlɛk.tɹɪk/, /ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛk.tɹɪk/

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Noun

dielectric (plural dielectrics)

1. (physics) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.

Synonyms

• insulator

Derived terms

• chromodielectric
• dielectric absorption
• dielectrically
• dielectric constant
• dielectric grease
• dielectric heating
• dielectricity
• dielectric strength
• dielectric withstand test
• magnetodielectric
• metallodielectric
• nanodielectric
• nondielectric

Translations

physics: nonconducting material

Bulgarian: изолатор (bg) m (izolator) Chinese: Mandarin: 電介質 / 电介质 (zh) (diànjièzhì), 電介質材料 / 电介质材料 (diànjièzhìcáiliào) Wu: 電介質 / 电介质, 電介質材料 / 电介质材料 Czech: dielektrikum n Danish: dielektrikum n Finnish: eriste (fi), dielektri German: Dielektrikum (de) n Hindi: परावैद्युत (parāvaidyut) Italian: dielettrico (it) m Japanese: 誘電体 (yūdentai) Polish: dielektryk (pl) m Portuguese: dielétrico m Romanian: dielectric (ro) n Russian: диэле́ктрик (ru) m (dieléktrik) Spanish: dieléctrico (es) Swedish: dielektrikum n Tagalog: disaluyan Turkmen: dielektrik Vietnamese: điện môi (vi)

Adjective

dielectric (comparative more dielectric, superlative most dielectric)

1. (electrically) insulating

Translations

electrically insulating

Bulgarian: изолационен (izolacionen) Chinese: Mandarin: 介電的 / 介电的 (jièdiàn de), 具有介電性的 / 具有介电性的 (jùyǒu jièdiànxìng de) Wu: 介電個 / 介电个 (cia5 di6 gheh8), 有介電性個 / 有介电性个 (yeu6 cia5 di6 shin5 gheh8) Czech: dielektrický Danish: dielektrisk Finnish: eristävä (fi), eriste- (fi), dielektrinen French: diélectrique (fr) German: dielektrisch Norwegian: Bokmål: dielektrisk Nynorsk: dielektrisk Portuguese: dielétrico Russian: диэлектри́ческий (ru) (dielektríčeskij)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diélectrique.

Adjective

dielectric m or n (feminine singular dielectrică, masculine plural dielectrici, feminine and neuter plural dielectrice)

1. dielectric

Declension

Declension of dielectric

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	dielectric		dielectrică		dielectrici	dielectrice
	definite	dielectricul		dielectrica		dielectricii	dielectricele
genitive- dative	indefinite	dielectric		dielectrice		dielectrici	dielectrice
	definite	dielectricului		dielectricei		dielectricilor	dielectricelor