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spark transmitter
Word Origin
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
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1915-1920
First recorded in
1915-20
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British Dictionary definitions for
spark transmitter
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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