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.
Origin of spark transmitter
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby spark transmitter
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British Dictionary definitions for spark transmitter
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