Definition of "electrophorus" []

• An apparatus for generating static electricity, consisting of a hard rubber disk that is given a negative charge by friction and a metal plate that is given a net positive charge by induction when in contact with the disk. (noun)

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• "March 10, 2006, 2: 16 am free credit check says: free credit check electrophorus: underloaded, electrophoresis alternated yellower"
• "Italian scientist Alexander Volta in 1775 gave the electrophorus the form which it retains to the present day."
• "This Volta electrophorus, and these three blackboards, will serve for the purpose."