n. An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.
adj. insulating
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Transmitting electric effects without conduction; nonconducting.
n. A substance through or across which electric force is acting.
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n. a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
Word Usage
"The Plasmocom team took a novel approach, developing what they called dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides (DLSPPW)."