Meanings
plural dielectrics
- natural sciencesAn 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
comparative more dielectric · superlative most dielectric
- electricallyinsulating
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From dia- (“through”) + electric. Learned 19th-century formation, coined by William Whewell (died 1866).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изолатор, изолационен
- изолатор (izolator)physics: nonconducting material
- изолационен (izolacionen)electrically insulating
Catalan dielèctric
- dielèctricphysics: nonconducting material
Chinese Mandarin 電介質 /电介质, 電介質材料 /电介质材料
- 電介質 /电介质 (diànjièzhì)physics: nonconducting material
- 電介質材料 /电介质材料 (diànjièzhìcáiliào)physics: nonconducting material
- 介電的 /介电的 (jièdiàn de)electrically insulating
- 具有介電性的 /具有介电性的 (jùyǒu jièdiànxìng de)electrically insulating
Czech dielektrikum, dielektrický
- dielektrikumphysics: nonconducting material
- dielektrickýelectrically insulating
Danish dielektrikum, dielektrisk
- dielektrikumphysics: nonconducting material
- dielektriskelectrically insulating
Finnish eriste, dielektri
- eristephysics: nonconducting material
- dielektriphysics: nonconducting material
- eristäväelectrically insulating
- eriste-electrically insulating
- dielektrinenelectrically insulating
French diélectrique
- diélectriqueelectrically insulating
German Dielektrikum, dielektrisch
- Dielektrikumphysics: nonconducting material
- dielektrischelectrically insulating
Hindi परावैद्युत
- परावैद्युत (parāvaidyut)physics: nonconducting material
Italian dielettrico
- dielettricophysics: nonconducting material
Japanese 誘電体
- 誘電体 (yūdentai)physics: nonconducting material
Norwegian Bokmål dielektrisk
- dielektriskelectrically insulating
Polish dielektryk, dielektryczny
- dielektrykphysics: nonconducting material
- dielektrycznyelectrically insulating
Portuguese dielétrico, dielétrico
- dielétricophysics: nonconducting material
- dielétricoelectrically insulating
Romanian dielectric
- dielectricphysics: nonconducting material
Russian диэле́ктрик, диэлектри́ческий
- диэле́ктрик (dieléktrik)physics: nonconducting material
- диэлектри́ческий (dielektríčeskij)electrically insulating
Spanish dieléctrico
- dieléctricophysics: nonconducting material
Swedish dielektrikum, dielektrisk
- dielektrikumphysics: nonconducting material
- dielektriskelectrically insulating
Tagalog disaluyan
- disaluyanphysics: nonconducting material
Vietnamese điện môi
- điện môiphysics: nonconducting material
Cite this entry
dielectric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dielectric
“dielectric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dielectric. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dielectric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dielectric.
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