Usually means: Electrostatic generator for high voltages.
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  1. van de Graaff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Van de Graaff: Vocabulary.com
  3. Van de Graaff: Dictionary.com
  4. van de Graaff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  5. Van de Graaff (crater), Van de graaff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Van de graaff: Rhymezone
  7. van de graaff: FreeDictionary.org
  8. van de graaff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. Van de Graaff: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Van de Graaff: Wiktionary

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  1. Van de Graaff: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Van de Graaff)

noun:  (physics) Ellipsis of Van de Graaff generator. [(physics) A device in which an electric charge is built up on a large spherical electrode by means of a rapidly moving belt.]

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