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van de graaff generator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun van de graaff generator has 1 sense
- van de graaff generator(n = noun.artifact) electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, wimshurst machine - electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity; Array is a kind of electrical device
has particulars: electrophorus
OXFORD DICTIONARY
van de graaff generator, n. Electr. a machine devised to generate electrostatic charge by means of a vertical endless belt collecting charge from a voltage source and transferring it to a large insulated metal dome, where a high voltage is produced.
Etymology
R. J. van de Graaff, US physicist d. 1967
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