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Dielectric

noun
1.
A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.  Synonyms: insulator, nonconductor.



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... to be anticipated will be due to mechanical injury. Disruptive discharge, puncturing the lead, may occur; but the small chance of its occurring can be greatly lessened by the use of some kind of "cable protector," which will provide for the spark an artificial path of less resistance than the dielectric of the condenser, which ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 • Various


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