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A simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity
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electrophorus
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Electrophorus \E*lec`troph"o*rus\, n.; pl. Electrophori . [NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. fe`rein to bear.] (Physics) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, ...
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An electrophorus is a simple manual capacitive generator used to produce electrostatic charge via the process of electrostatic induction . A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke ,For information about Wilcke's ...
WordNet
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n. a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels [syn: genus Electrophorus ]
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n. (context dated physics English) Any early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity