a. [After Ger. kleistisch (kleistische, kleistsche flasche a Leyden jar), f. name of Domherr von Kleist, one of the discoverers of the properties of the jar: see -AN.] Kleistian jar, a Leyden jar.
1881. Rosenthal, Muscles & Nerves, 31. A simple electric shock, such as is afforded by the discharge of a Kleistian jar.
