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dielectric heating

American  

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 British  

noun

  1. a technique in which an insulator is heated by the application of a high-frequency electric field

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Origin of dielectric heating

First recorded in 1940–45

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