spark transmitter

spark transmitter

 
noun Radio.
a transmitting set that generates electromagnetic waves by the oscillatory discharge from a capacitor through an inductor and a spark gap.
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1915–20
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spark transmitter
 
—n
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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