Meanings of spark gap in English

GAP, QUENCHED.-(1) A spark gap for the impulse production of oscillating currents.

Do you see anything like a spark gap, something that could be a low-amp, high-voltage fuse?'

This is the magic place, the mad place at the spark gap between word and world.

The electromotive force thus generated was led across a spark gap with points of a metallic substance.

A spark gap in a vacuum, connected with a free end of wire, gave a continuous discharge.

GAP, SYNCHRONOUS.- Arotaryspark gap run at the same speed as the alternator which supplies the power transformer.

This is tested by always having a spark gap, conveniently formed by the coil terminals, in parallel with the tube.

GAP, NON-SYNCHRONOUS.- Arotaryspark gap run by a separate motor which may be widely different from that of the speed of the alternator.

He used an induction coil to energize the spark gap, and a telegraph key in the primary circuit to break up the current into signals.

The spark gap is not uniform over the entire surface of the block but is made wedge-shaped by grinding away the line carbon as shown.

As soon as sparks begin to pass between the terminals of the spark gap it becomes necessary to watch the process of exhaustion very carefully.

There is, however, a growing tendency among amateurs to use continuous wave transmitters and they are certainly more up-to-date and interesting than spark gap sets.

'Get behind a wall,' he said, watching the spark gap.

'That is sure as hell a spark gap,' Watson said.

"My dad used to talk about spark gap transmitters," Dinah said.

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