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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dielectric
    n 1: a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible
         electrical or thermal conductivity [syn: insulator,
         dielectric, nonconductor] [ant: conductor]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Dielectric:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
conductance, conduction, conductivity, conductor, electric conduction, gas conduction, insulator, ionic conduction, liquid conduction, metallic conduction, mho, nonconducting, nonconductive, nonconductor, photoconduction, semiconductor, superconductivity, superconductor
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