LEYDEN JAR


Meaning of LEYDEN JAR in English

Elect.

a device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.

[ 1815-25; so called because invented in LEYDEN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .