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electrostatic generator

[i‚lek·trə′stad·ik ′jen·ə‚rād·ər]
(electricity)
Any machine which produces electric charges by friction or (more commonly) electrostatic induction.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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