william crookes

1. 1.

   English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)

   SynonymsCrookesSir William Crookes

   Broaderchemistphysicist

Questions about william crookes

What does william crookes mean?

william crookes means "English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)".

What is another word for william crookes?

Close synonyms include Crookes, Sir William Crookes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is william crookes a common word?

william crookes 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.