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dielectric heating

noun

, Electricity.
  1. the heating of a nonconducting substance caused by dielectric loss when the material is placed in a variable electric field.


dielectric heating

noun

  1. a technique in which an insulator is heated by the application of a high-frequency electric field
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dielectric heating1

First recorded in 1940–45

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