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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIELECTRIC , in See also:

electricity, a non-conductor of electricity; it is the same as insulator. The " dielectric See also:constant " of a See also:medium is its specific inductive capacity, and on the electromagnetic theory of See also:light it equals the square of its refractive See also:index for light of See also:infinite See also:wave length (see See also:ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETO-See also:OPTICS).

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