ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrostatic generator mean? 

• ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR (noun)
  The noun ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR (noun)

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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 generator" 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 generator"):

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