unit jar

noun

A small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.

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Meanings

noununit jar (plural unit jars)

plural unit jars

  1. historicalA small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.
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