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gimmick
Chiefly US a device or trick of legerdemain that enables a magician to deceive the audience
gimmick [′gim·ik]
(electricity)
Length of twisted two-conductor cable, used as a variable capacitive load, in which the capacitance is varied by untwisting and separating the individual conductors.
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