Faraday Cage Definition

noun
A container made of a conductor, such as wire mesh or the metal frame of an aircraft, forming an equipotential shield around what it encloses and protecting it from external electric fields.
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Any conductive surrounding, idealized or practical, used to interrupt the transmission of electromagnetic energy or electrostatic discharge across it.

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Origin of Faraday Cage

  • After Michael Faraday who constructed one in 1836

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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