"Wimshurst machine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Wimshurst machines [plural]
Etymology: Developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832–1903). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Wimshurst machine (plural Wimshurst machines)
  1. An electrostatic generator with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two crossed bars with metallic brushes, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.
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Inflected forms

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