Van de Graaff

A form of Van de Graaff generator — A device in which an electric charge is built up on a large spherical electrode by means of a rapidly moving belt.

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nounVan de Graaff (plural Van de Graaffs)

plural Van de Graaffs

  1. abbreviationellipsisnatural sciencesEllipsis of Van de Graaff generator.

    One time we tried to make a Van de Graaff, which is something you touch that makes your hair static. It was pretty entertaining because we couldn’t do it!

    2020 March 17, Jennifer Johnson, “Shout Out: Danielle Lesinski, National Merit Scholarship finalist from Maine South”, in Chicago Tribune

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Van de Graaff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Van%20de%20Graaff

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Van de Graaff,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Van%20de%20Graaff.

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