单词 | faraday cage |
释义 | Faraday cagenoun Physics.an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference. Also called Faraday shield . Origin of Faraday cageFirst recorded in 1915–20; named after M. Faraday Words nearby Faraday cagefaquir, far, Farabeuf's triangle, farad, Faraday, Faraday cage, Faraday dark space, Faraday effect, Faraday shield, faradic, faradism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Faraday cageFaraday cage nounan earthed conducting cage or container used to protect electrical equipment against electric fields Word Origin for Faraday cageC20: named after Michael Faraday Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for Faraday cageFaraday cage A container made of a conductor, such as wire mesh or metal plates, shielding what it encloses from external electric fields. Since the conductor is an equipotential, there are no potential differences inside the container. The metal hull of an aircraft acts as a faraday cage, protecting its occupants from lightning. Faraday cages are used to protect electronic equipment from such electrical interference as electromagnetic interference. Also called Faraday shield The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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