air gap


noun
  1. Electricity. the space between two objects magnetically related, as between the rotor and the stator in a dynamo, or between two objects electrically related, as between the electrode and the tip of a spark plug.

Origin of air gap

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

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How to use air gap in a sentence

  • Our terrestrial voltages are baffled by an air-gap of a few inches, but lightning springs across a gap miles wide.