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Wimshurst machines

Wimshurst machines is the plural of Wimshurst machine.

Meaning of Wimshurst machine

Noun

Wimshurst machine (plural Wimshurst machines)

  1. An electrostatic generator with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two crossed bars with metallic brushes, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.

Questions about Wimshurst machines

What is Wimshurst machines the plural of?
Wimshurst machines is the plural of Wimshurst machine.

Words near Wimshurst machines in the dictionary

  1. wimpzillas
  2. WIMs
  3. Wimsatt
  4. Wimsatts
  5. Wimshurst machine
  6. Wimshurst machines
  7. win
  8. win around
  9. win back
  10. win big
  11. win by a nose

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