Static electricity

Electric charge at rest, generally produced by friction or electrostatic induction. In the sixth century B.C., Thales of Miletus, who is usually credited with the discovery of ...

static electricity

Software; Video editing

Whenever your body comes in physical contact with metal parts (including printed circuit boards) of computer equipment there is the potential for you to feel an electrical shock ...

static electricity

Automotive; Automobile

Electricity generated by friction between two objects. It will remain in one object until discharged.

static electricity

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The accumulation of an electric charge on a object

ohm

Electrical equipment; Generators

The ohm is a unit of electrical resistance.

oscillator

Electrical equipment; Generators

An electronic circuit designed to produce an ideally stable alternating voltage or current

turbine

Electrical equipment; Generators

Any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, ...

generator

Electrical equipment; Generators

A machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Port

Information industry; Generators

A virtual data connection used by two or more programs to transfer data directly

Hertz (Hz)

Electrical equipment; Generators

The term Hertz is the preferred designation for cycles per second (CPS) and is used to describe frequency. Appliances in the US use 60 Hz, elsewhere it is 50 Hz.

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Subterranean Amazon

The underground river that flows 13,000ft below ground directly beneath the Amazon river on the surface. Measuring 3,700 miles long, the Amazon river ...