Leyden jarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Leiden jar

語源

Named after the city of Leiden (in the Netherlands), where it was invented.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈlaɪdən ˌdʒɑɹ/

名詞

Leyden jar (plural Leyden jars)

1. (electrical engineering, historical) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.

   Synonyms: Leyden phial, Kleistian jar

   Hypernym: capacitor

   Hyponym: unit jar

   • 2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 22:

     Cavendish analyzed the mathematics of musical intervals, formulated the theory of electrical potential, and was the first scientist to realize that a solution’s electrical conductivity varies with its concentration. He proposed that a long-tailed fish called the torpedo was able to generate its own current like a living battery, and then proved it by sculpting an artificial fish in his lab out of shoe leather, pewter plates, glass tubes, and sheepskin and hooking it up to Leyden jars, creating a perfect simulation of the fish’s electrical organs.