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WILSON CLOUD CHAMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("Wilson cloud chamber" is a kind of...):
particle detector (a chamber in which particles can be made visible)
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