wimshurst machine

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

   Synonymselectrostatic generatorelectrostatic machineVan de Graaff generator

   Broaderelectrical device

   Narrowerelectrophorus

Questions about wimshurst machine

What does wimshurst machine mean?

wimshurst machine means "electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity".

What is another word for wimshurst machine?

Close synonyms include electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, Van de Graaff generator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wimshurst machine a common word?

wimshurst machine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.