Dielectric vs. Conductor

Dielectricnoun

(metamaterial) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.

Dielectricadjective

(electrically) insulating

Dielectricnoun

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.

Dielectricnoun

a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity

Dielectric

In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric material) is an electrical insulator that can be polarized by an applied electric field. 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, but instead only slightly shift from their average equilibrium positions, causing dielectric polarization.

Conductornoun

One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

Conductornoun

(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.

Conductornoun

A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers

Conductornoun

Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.

Conductornoun

(mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed

Conductornoun

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.

Conductornoun

(architecture) A leader.

Conductornoun

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

Conductornoun

One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.

Conductornoun

The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

Conductornoun

A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

Conductornoun

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

Conductornoun

Same as Leader.

Conductornoun

the person who leads a musical group

Conductornoun

a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

Conductornoun

a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

Conductornoun

the person who collects fares on a public conveyance