Leyden jar

English

Alternative forms

• Leiden jar

Etymology

Named after the city of Leiden (in the Netherlands), where it was invented.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪdən ˌdʒɑɹ/

Noun

Leyden jar (plural Leyden jars)

1. (electrical engineering, historical) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.

   Synonym: Leyden phial

   Hypernym: capacitor

   Hyponym: unit jar

Translations

glass jar used to accumulate static electricity

• Arabic: قَارُورَة لَيْدَن f (qārūra(t) laydan)
• Basque: Leyden ontzi, Leyden botila
• Belarusian: ле́йдэнскі слоі́к m (ljéjdenski sloík)
• Bulgarian: лайденска стъкленица f (lajdenska stǎklenica)
• Catalan: ampolla de Leiden f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萊頓瓶／莱顿瓶, 莱顿瓶 (Láidùn píng), 來登瓶／来登瓶, 来登瓶 (Láidēng píng)

• Czech: leidenská láhev f
• Danish: leydnerflaske c, Leydens flaske c
• Dutch: Leidse fles (nl) f
• Esperanto: botelo de Leiden
• Estonian: Leideni purk
• Finnish: Leidenin pullo, Leydenin pullo
• French: bouteille de Leyde (fr) f
• Galician: botella de Leiden f
• Georgian: ლეიდენის ქილა (leidenis kila)
• German: Leidener Flasche f, Kleistsche Flasche f, Kondensationsflasche f, Flaschenkondensator m
• Greek: φιάλη του Λέιντεν f (fiáli tou Léinten), λουγδουνική λάγηνος f (lougdounikí láginos)
• Hungarian: leideni palack
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• Indonesian: Tabung Leyden, Tabung Leiden
• Irish: crúsca Leyden m
• Italian: bottiglia di Leida f
• Japanese: ライデン瓶 (ライデンびん, Raiden-bin)
• Korean: 라이덴병 (Raidenbyeong), 라이덴 병 (Raiden byeong)
• Macedonian: лајденска тегла f (lajdenska tegla), Лајден тегла f (Lajden tegla)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leidnerflaske f or m, leydnerflaske f or m

  Nynorsk: leidenflaske f, leidenerflaske f

• Polish: butelka lejdejska f
• Portuguese: garrafa de Leyden f, garrafa de Leiden f, garrafa de Leida f
• Romanian: butelie de Leyda (ro) f
• Russian: ле́йденская ба́нка (ru) f (léjdenskaja bánka)
• Spanish: botella de Leyden f, botella de Leiden f
• Swedish: leidenflaska c, kleistsk flaska c
• Tamil: லேய்டின் கொள்கலன் (lēyṭiṉ koḷkalaṉ)
• Turkish: Leyden kavanozu
• Ukrainian: ле́йденська ба́нка (uk) f (léjdensʹka bánka)
• Vietnamese: chai Leiden, chai Leyden