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cloud chamber is a noun 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". It carries one recorded sense.
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
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cloud chamber come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.