electrostatic generator

noun

Physics, Electricity.

Van de Graaff generator.

noun

any device for producing a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity

electrostatic generator

Any of various devices, including the electrophorus, the Wimshurst machine, and especially the Van de Graaff generator, that generate or store high voltages by accumulating static electric charge.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of electrostatic generator¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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The Integratron, a “fusion of art and science,” is a ’50s-era wood dome that was designed to be an “electrostatic generator for the purpose of rejuvenation and time travel.”

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Tuve moved on to an electrostatic generator invented by a Princeton University engineer named Robert Van de GraafF.

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A later development, the Van de Graaff electrostatic generator, produced a beam of hydrogen ions and other positively charged ions, and electrons at even higher energies.

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electrostatic force electrostatic induction

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