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"roman": "jièdiàn de",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "介电的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "具有介電性的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùyǒu jièdiànxìng de",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "具有介电性的"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "介電個"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "cia⁵ di⁶ gheh⁸",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "介电个"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "有介電性個"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "yeu⁶ cia⁵ di⁶ shin⁵ gheh⁸",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "有介电性个"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "dielektrický"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "dielektrisk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "eristävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "eriste-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "diélectrique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "dielektrisch"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "dielektrisk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "dielektrisk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "dielétrico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dielektríčeskij",
"sense": "electrically insulating",
"word": "диэлектри́ческий"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"dielectric"
],
"word": "dielectric"
}
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