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unit jar

unit jar noun: a small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.

Noun

unit jar (plural unit jars)

  1. (historical) A small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.

Forms of unit jar

pluralunit jars

Questions about unit jar

What does unit jar mean?
Unit jar means a small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.
What part of speech is unit jar?
Unit jar is a noun.
What is the plural of unit jar?
The plural of unit jar is unit jars.

Words near unit jar in the dictionary

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  10. unit matrices
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