0 able to contain an electric field without conducting (= passing along) electricity: --
The polymers are dielectric, meaning they are not conductors of electric currents but act as vehicles for the registration of electric fields.
Dielectric grease can be applied to the exposed metal parts of virtually any electrical connection to seal and protect it.
1 a substance or device that is able to contain an electric field without conducting (= passing along) electricity: --
Dielectrics are an essential constituent of capacitors.
Silicon's other role, when it is pure, is as a dielectric - a material that can be penetrated by an electric field, but not an electric current.
The high voltage current flowing in the primary would have destroyed the capacitor dielectric.
A copper film is used but other films, such as dielectrics, may also be suitable.
The optical device uses a non-metallic, dielectric coating that reflects 99 percent of all visible light.
When a dielectric material is placed in an electric field, electric charges do not flow through the material as they do in an electrical conductor.
A dielectric barrier layer is formed to cover the metallic layer.