Look up: electrophorus

1. Electrophorus
   [n] - a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity 2. [n] - type genus of the family Electrophoridae
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2. electrophorus
   an early form of simple electrostatic charge generator Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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3. Electrophorus
   E·lec`troph'o·rus noun ; plural - - Electrophori . [ New Latin , from combining form electro- + Greek fe`rein to bear.] (Physics) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefini...
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4. electrophorus
   <physics> An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal. ... Origin: NL, fr. Combining form electro- + Gr. To bear. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...
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5. Electrophorus
   genus Electrophorus noun type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
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6. electrophorus
   noun a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity
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7. Electrophorus
   • (n.) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.
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8. electrophorus
   (from the article `Volta, Conte Alessandro`) In 1775 Volta`s interest in electricity led him to invent the electrophorus, a device used to generate static electricity. He became professor of ...
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9. electrophorus
   electrophorus A device that produces electric charges from the friction between a disk and a metal plate.
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10. electrophorus
    electrophorus, device used to generate static electric charges. It has two parts: a nonconducting plate (e.g., of hard rubber) that is negatively charged and a metal plate with an insulated handle. A positive charge is induced on the metal plate by placing it on the charged plate and then grounding ...
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11. Electrophorus
    An `electrophorus` is a capacitive generator used to produce electrostatic charge via the process of electrostatic induction. A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke,