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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.
spark transmitter
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of spark transmitter1
First recorded in 1915–20
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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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