| 单词 | jump spark | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasjump spark   jump spark  n.  Brit. , U.S. a spark produced by the application of a potential difference to two electrical conductors separated by a narrow gap; usually attributive, designating devices or methods employing this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > 			[adjective]		 > relating to sparks spark-gap1889 jump spark1908 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > 			[noun]		 > point of discharge > discontinuous discharge electric spark1745 spark1749 electric(al) spark1771 brush1789 brush discharge1849 jump spark1908 1908    J. H. Adams in  Onker  & Baker Harper's How to understand Electr. Work 340/2  				Jump-spark, a disruptive spark excited between two conducting surfaces in distinction from a spark excited by a rubbing contact. 1911    Daily Colonist 		(Victoria, Brit. Columbia)	 20 Apr. 8/1  				A regal Marine Engine... Jump spark or make-and-break ignition. 1922    A. F. Collins Bk. Wireless Telegr. & Telephone i. 6  				The spark-coil, or induction coil,..is used to change the battery current into a current of high pressure to make jump sparks. 1938    A. W. Judge Automobile Electr. Maintenance ii. 27  				A brass plate at the end of the arm..passes very close to the brass contacts..as it rotates, so that a spark leaps across the small air gap. This is known as the jump spark method. 1963    A. Bird  & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 8  				‘Jump-spark’ ignition in American usage generally, though not always, referred to high tension coil and battery apparatus with a mechanical contact-breaker and non-trembling coil, but in English usage, at one time, ‘jump-spark ignition’ meant any form of H.T. ignition with spark-gaps or ‘intensifiers’ included in the circuit. < as lemmas | 
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