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111spark arrester — ☆ spark arrester n. any device used to prevent sparks from escaping, as from a chimney …
112spark chamber — n. any of several devices for detecting charged subatomic particles, decay products, rays, etc., consisting usually of a large group of closely spaced, oppositely charged metal plates between which sparks will jump through an inert gas, as neon,… …
113spark plug — ☆ spark plug n. 1. an electrical device threaded into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine to ignite the fuel mixture by producing timed sparks between electrodes 2. Informal a person or thing that inspires, activates, or advances… …
114Spark 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.… …
115Spark-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… …
116Spark 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 …
117Spark spread — The spark spread is the theoretical gross margin of a gas fired power plant from selling a unit of electricity, having bought the fuel required to produce this unit of electricity. All other costs (operation and maintenance, capital and other… …
118SPARK (programming language) — infobox programming language name = SPARK influenced by = Ada, HAL/SSPARK is a formally defined computer programming language based on the Ada programming language, intended to be secure and to support the development of high integrity software… …
119Spark (Transformers) — Transformers: Generation 1Although not officially the soul of a Transformer at this point, Marvel comics would occasionally refer to the spark of life given to a Transformer by the Matrix.The Targetmaster partner of the Autobot Hot Rod, called… …
120Spark arrestor — A spark arrestor is a device intended to prevent combustible materials, usually sparks or other tiny flaming debris, from escaping into areas where they might start fires.They are most commonly used in conjunction with motor vehicles (inserted… …
