spark transmitter


nounRadio.
  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

1
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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