Usually means: Electrostatic generator using rotating disks.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Wimshurst machine)

noun:  An electrostatic generator with two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, two crossed bars with metallic brushes, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.
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