dielectric

electrically poorly conducting or non-conducting, non-metallic substance in which charge carriers are generally not free to move
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dielectric

Summary

dielectric ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,812 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dielectric is a type of chemical substance[2].
  • dielectric's Commons category is recorded as Dielectric material[3].
  • dielectric's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dielectrics[4].
  • dielectric's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5].
  • dielectric's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • dielectric's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[7].
  • dielectric's different from is recorded as relative permittivity[8].
  • dielectric's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].

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Definition and Type

dielectric is a type of chemical substance[2].

Why It Matters

dielectric ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,812 views/month).[1] dielectric has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] dielectric is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0240654-dielektrika
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  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1960984
    Subclass of
    Different from relative permittivity
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553028305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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