Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faraday cup

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: fara-day cup
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A conductive metal cup designed to catch charged particles in vacuum.

Example Sentences

"The inner cylinder of the Faraday cup is electrically connected to the brass plug, and is the electrically active part of the unit."
"In many mass spectrometers for electric ion detection a Faraday cup is generally used today for the direct and accurate measurement of ion currents of separated ion beams, especially if relatively high ion currents are to be measured."
"Faraday cups are the detectors of choice for precise and accurate isotope ratio measurements."

Etymology

Named after English scientist Michael Faraday (1791–1867), who first theorized ions around 1830.

Inflected Forms

Faraday cups (plural)

Questions

What does faraday cup mean?: A conductive metal cup designed to catch charged particles in vacuum.
Where does faraday cup come from?: Named after English scientist Michael Faraday (1791–1867), who first theorized ions around 1830.

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