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Definition of Ruhmkorff in English:
Ruhmkorff
(also Rühmkorff)
noun
Physicshistorical
= Ruhmkorff coil.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From the name of Heinrich Daniel Rühmkorff, German-born inventor, who invented the induction coil. With Ruhmkorff coil compare French bobine de Ruhmkorff.
