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ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrostatic machine mean? 

ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE (noun)
  The noun ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricityplay

  Familiarity information: ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("electrostatic machine" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electrostatic machine"):

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


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