CLOUD CHAMBER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track

Synonyms:

cloud chamber; Wilson cloud chamber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cloud chamber" is a kind of...):

particle detector (a chamber in which particles can be made visible)

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