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Van de Graaff generator
(van′ di gräf′)
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an electrostatic generator using a movable insulating belt to produce potentials of millions of volts
Origin: after R. J. Van de Graaff (1901-67), U.S. physicist
See Van de Graaff generator in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
An electrostatic generator in which an electric charge is either removed from or transferred to a large hollow spherical electrode by a rapidly moving belt, accelerating particles to energies of about ten million electron volts.
Origin:
Origin: After Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
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