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Faraday cage
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English
thumb|A Faraday cage on top of the Rivalland Tower in Fontenay-le-Comte, France.
Etymology
Named after Michael Faraday.
Noun
Any conductive surrounding, idealized or practical, used to interrupt the transmission of electromagnetic energy or electrostatic discharge across it.
en Kaitlyn Tiffany Meet Me in the Eternal City w:The Atlantic 2024-02-05 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/silicon-valley-billionaires-building-cities/677173/ 2151-9463 Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting public buildings in Faraday cages. https://web.archive.org/web/20260529013322/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/silicon-valley-billionaires-building-cities/677173/ 29 May 2026
Synonyms
en Faraday shield
Translations
conductive surrounding
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法拉第籠 fǎlādìlóng
Estonian: et Faraday puur
Finnish: fi Faradayn häkki
German: de Faradayscher Käfig m
Portuguese: pt gaiola de Faraday f
Russian: ru кле́тка Фараде́я f
Spanish: es jaula de Faraday f
See also
en Faraday bag
en eponyms
en Physics