Van de Graaff generator

One entry found for Van de Graaff generator.

Main Entry: Van de Graaff generator
Pronunciation: 'van-d&-"graf-
Function: noun
Etymology: Robert J. Van de Graaff died 1967 American physicist
: an apparatus for the production of electrical discharges at high voltage commonly consisting of an insulated hollow conducting sphere that accumulates in its interior the charge continuously conveyed from a source of direct current by an endless belt of flexible nonconducting material