dielectric

Questions about dielectric

What does dielectric mean?

dielectric means "a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity".

How many syllables are in dielectric?

dielectric has 4 syllables: di-e-lec-tric. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɹɪk/.

What is another word for dielectric?

Close synonyms include insulator, nonconductor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dielectric a common word?

dielectric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dielectric?

4 words rhyme with dielectric. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.