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Static electricity   /stˈætɪk ɪlˌɛktrˈɪsəti/   Listen
Static electricity

noun
1.
Electricity produced by friction.





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"Static electricity" Quotes from Famous Books



... Static electricity is produced by revolving glass plates upon which a number of sectors are cemented; these sectors, passing through neutralizing ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics
... or dust against bare wires of a long line, create upon or place upon those wires a charge of static electricity which makes its way from the line in such ways as it can. Usually it discharges across arresters and when this discharge takes place, the line is disturbed in its balance and loud noises are heard in the telephones ...
— Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 - A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. • Kempster Miller


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