CLOUD CHAMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cloud chamber mean? 

• CLOUD CHAMBER (noun)
  The noun CLOUD CHAMBER has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CLOUD CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOUD CHAMBER (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cloud chamber; Wilson cloud chamber

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

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