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Noun: Van de Graaff generator
  1. Electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity
    - electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, Wimshurst machine

Derived forms: Van de Graaff generators

Type of: electrical device

Encyclopedia: Van de Graaff generator