See Also: Poulsen arc(dictionary)

plastify (iou) and Poulsen arc (iou)


plastify (iou)



plastify verb trans. E20.
[from PLASTIC adjective + -FY.]
= PLASTICIZE.
plastifier noun = PLASTICIZER E20.

Poulsen arc (iou)



Poulsen arc noun phr. obsolete exc. Hist. E20.
[from Valdemar Poulsen (1869-1942), Danish electrical engineer.]
An arc discharge between a carbon electrode and a water-cooled copper electrode in a hydrogen or hydrocarbon vapour atmosphere and a strong magnetic field, formerly used in the generation of short-wave Radio waves.