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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spark transmitter¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

First we had the spark transmitters and then we graduated to transformers——” “And they still gave us the spark,” added Joe, taking up the theme.

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I bought a kit of parts and assembled a small receiver and being so close to the powerful spark transmitter that was all I ever heard.

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