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1. noun1) (a tiny red-hot piece thrown off by something burning, or when two very hard (eg metal) surfaces are struck together: Sparks were being thrown into the air from the burning building.) scânteie2) (an electric current jumping across a gap: a spark from a faulty light-socket.) scânteie3) (a trace (eg of life, humour): a spark of enthusiasm.) scânteie2. verb1) (to give off sparks.) a face scântei2) ((often with off) to start (a row, disagreement etc): Their action sparked off a major row.) a declanşa
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Spark-gap transmitter — A spark gap transmitter is a device for generating radio frequency electromagnetic waves. These devices served as the transmitters for most wireless telegraphy systems for the first three decades of radio (1887 ndash;1916) and the first… … Wikipedia
Spark gap — A spark gap consists of an arrangement of two conducting electrodes separated by a gap usually filled with a gas such as air. When a suitable voltage is supplied, a spark forms, ionizing the gas and drastically reducing its electrical resistance … Wikipedia
spark current — Current that flows across the electrodes of a spark gap at a particular point in time … Dictionary of automotive terms
Spark plug — A spark plug (also, very rarely nowadays, in British English: a sparking plug) is an electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark.… … Wikipedia
spark plug — 1. a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline powered internal combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air. 2. Informal. a person who leads, inspires, or animates a group. [1900… … Universalium
spark generator — noun : a generator of electric oscillations that utilizes the discharge of a condenser through a spark gap as the source of its alternating current power * * * an alternating current power source with a condenser discharging across a spark gap. * … Useful english dictionary
spark transmitter — noun an early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power • Hypernyms: ↑radio transmitter * * * noun : a radio transmitting set using a spark generator * * * Radio. a transmitting set that generates… … Useful english dictionary
spark generator — an alternating current power source with a condenser discharging across a spark gap. * * * … Universalium
spark generator — /ˈspak dʒɛnəreɪtə/ (say spahk jenuhraytuh) noun an alternating current power source with a capacitor discharging across a spark gap …
spark — The bridging or jumping of a gap between two electrodes by a current of electricity. One of the essential factors in a combustion engine (Fuel, Air, Proper proportion of mixture, compression, timing, Spark). See electronic spark advance… … Dictionary of automotive terms
spark plug — noun Date: 1903 1. a part that fits into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and carries two electrodes separated by an air gap across which the current from the ignition system discharges to form the spark for combustion 2. one… … New Collegiate Dictionary