electrostaticgenerator

electrostaticgenerator
electrostatic generator n.
Any of various devices, including the electrophorus, the Wimshurst machine, and especially the Van de Graaff generator, that generate high voltages by accumulating large quantities of electric charge.

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Universalium. 2010.

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