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noun
An electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: CW generator, Greinacher multiplier
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after the British and Irish physicists John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, who in 1932 used this circuit design to power their particle accelerator.
