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誘電体 (ゆうでんたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

誘ゆう電でん体たい

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Meanings

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noun

dielectric; dielectric material

Technical term in physics and electrical engineering for an insulating material that can be polarized by an electric field.

コンデンサには誘ゆう電でん体たいが使つかわれている。
A dielectric is used in capacitors.
この誘ゆう電でん体たいは高たかい絶ぜつ縁えん耐たい力りょくを持もつ。
This dielectric material has high dielectric strength.

Kanji

誘entice, lead, tempt
電electricity
体body, substance, object

Similar words

絶ぜつ縁えん体たい
絶縁体 is a general insulator, while 誘電体 specifically refers to a material that can be polarized and is used in capacitors.

Etymology

Compound of 誘電 (yūden, 'dielectric') + 体 (tai, 'body, substance'). The term 誘電 is a wasei kango (Japanese-coined kanji compound) from 誘 (induce) and 電 (electricity).