VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity

Synonyms:

electrostatic generator; electrostatic machine; Van de Graaff generator; Wimshurst machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Van de Graaff generator" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Van de Graaff generator"):

electrophorus (a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity)

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