crookes radiometer

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   electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight

   Broaderradiometer

Questions about crookes radiometer

What does crookes radiometer mean?

crookes radiometer means "electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight".

Is crookes radiometer a common word?

crookes radiometer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.