Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DIELECTRIC
insulator, dielectric, nonconductor
(noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dielectric (plural dielectrics)
(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.
Synonyms
• insulator
Adjective
dielectric (comparative more dielectric, superlative most dielectric)
(electrically) insulating
Source: Wiktionary
Di`e*lec"tric, n. Etym: [Pref. dia- + electric.] (Elec.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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