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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ley′den jar′, [Elect.]
  1. Electricitya device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.
  • so called because invented in Leyden 1815–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Leyden jar n
  1. an early type of capacitor consisting of a glass jar with the lower part of the inside and outside coated with tin foil
Etymology: 18th Century: first made in Leiden

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