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Faraday cage en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Michael Faraday.

Meanings

  1. Any conductive surrounding, idealized or practical, used to interrupt the transmission of electromagnetic energy or electrostatic discharge across it.
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Relateds

Faraday bag

Synonyms

Faraday shield

Translations (7)

de Faradayscher Käfig (conductive surrounding) · pt gaiola de Faraday (conductive surrounding) · et Faraday puur (conductive surrounding) · fi Faradayn häkki (conductive surrounding) · es jaula de Faraday (conductive surrounding) · ru кле́тка Фараде́я (conductive surrounding) · cmn 法拉第籠 /法拉第笼 (conductive surrounding)

wikipedia: Michael Faraday