English Explanatory Dictionary

Marx generator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An electric circuit that generates a high-voltage pulse from a low-voltage DC supply, used in high-energy physics experiments and to simulate the effects of lightning.

Word forms

Marx generator Marx generators

Etymology

First described by Erwin Otto Marx in 1924.

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