van de graaff generator

Van de Graaff generator

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Definitions of van de graaff generator words

noun van de graaff generator a device for producing high-voltage static electricity. 1
noun van de graaff generator a device for producing high electrostatic potentials (up to 15 million volts), consisting of a hollow metal sphere on which a charge is accumulated from a continuous moving belt of insulating material: used in particle accelerators 0
noun van de graaff generator an electrostatic generator using a movable insulating belt to produce potentials of millions of volts 0

before 1935

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1935-40; named after R. J. Van de Graaff (1901-66), American physicist

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