"spark gap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spark gaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spark gap (plural spark gaps)
  1. A gap, between two electrical terminals, across which sparks are generated. Wikidata QID: Q1076457
    Sense id: en-spark_gap-en-noun-en:Q1076457 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Electrical engineering Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Electrical engineering: 50 50
  2. A gap, between two electrical terminals, across which sparks are generated.
    Such a gap as a component of an engine's ignition system, especially that between the electrodes of a spark plug.
    Wikidata QID: Q1076457 Translations (gap between electrodes in ignition system): искров промеждутък (iskrov promeždutăk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kärkiväli (Finnish), przerwa iskrowa [feminine] (Polish), iskiernik [masculine] (Polish), centelhador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-spark_gap-en-noun-en:Q10764571 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Electrical engineering Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Electrical engineering: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'gap between electrodes in ignition system': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: arc, arcing, arcking, electron gap, feeler gauge [often], sparking Translations (gap between two terminals): kipinäväli (Finnish), искриско (iskrisko) [neuter] (Pannonian Rusyn), искрище (iskrišče) [neuter] (Pannonian Rusyn), przerwa iskrowa [feminine] (Polish), iskiernik [masculine] (Polish), entrehierro [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'gap between two terminals': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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