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spark transmitter

noun, Radio.
1.
a transmitting set that generates electromagnetic waves by the oscillatory discharge from a capacitor through an inductor and a spark gap.
Origin of spark transmitter
1915-1920
First recorded in 1915-20
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British Dictionary definitions for spark transmitter

spark transmitter

noun
1.
an early type of radio transmitter in which power is generated by discharging a capacitor through an inductor in series with a spark gap
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