English
Detailed Synonyms for cloud chamber in English
cloud chamber:
cloud chamber [the ~] noun
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the cloud chamber
– 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 1the Wilson cloud chamber; the cloud chamber– 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 1