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A material that resists electrical conduction but can become electrically polarized.
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- dielectric layer
- dielectric material
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A dielectric separated the capacitor’s plates.
The damaged dielectric allowed the voltage to break through.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular dielectric; plural dielectrics. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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