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31Spark-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… …
32Credibility gap — Alternate use: The Credibility Gap, name of a comedy team Credibility gap is a political term that came into wide use during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson… …
33SplitFire spark plug — The SplitFire spark plug is a spark plug featuring a split ground electrode. SplitFire claims that this V electrode design allows more complete combustion by allowing the ignited flame to pass through the gap in the electrode, instead of around… …
34spark gap — noun 1. a component of an ignition system; consists of two shaped electrodes and the space between them • Hypernyms: ↑component, ↑constituent, ↑element • Part Holonyms: ↑ignition, ↑ignition system 2. the gap between two high potential terminals …
35surface gap — The spark gap of a surface gap spark plug in which the sparks glide over the insulator filled gap …
36air gap — noun 1. : an air filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit (as the space between the field magnet poles and the armature in a dynamo or motor) 2. : wind gap 3. : the vertical distance between the point where water enters a plumbing fixture (as …
37spark gap — noun a) A gap, between two electrical terminals, across which sparks are generated. b) Such a gap as a component of an engines ignition system, especially that between the electrodes of a spark plug …
38spark air gap — The gap between the electrodes of a spark plug. Also see surface gap …
39spark plug gap — The space between the center and side electrodes of a spark plug across which the spark must jump to ignite the air fuel mixture in the combustion chamber …
40spark plug gauge — A tool used for checking spark plug gaps; usually with metal feeler blades or calibrated wire feelers (the wire type is preferred over the blade type). It often includes an electrode adjusting tool for altering the gap between the electrodes …
