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What does electrophorus mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) Any early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity
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The electrophorus has historically been used as a charge dispensing device.
These instruments are the electrophorus, the condenser of electricity, and the doubler of it.
To use the electrophorus, the ebonite is given a negative charge by striking it with fur or flannel.
If you do not get a good spark from the electrophorus, read the directions again.
The cytoplasm of the electrocyte of Electrophorus electricus possesses a meshwork of 7-nm thick filaments distributed throughout the cell.
An electrophorus consists of a flat insulator on which rests a removable metal plate.

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