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crookes tube

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
crookes -tube
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.

Etymology

After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.

Inflected Forms

Crookes tubes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Hittorf tube

Synonyms

Crookes-Hittorf tube

Questions

What does crookes tube mean?
An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.
Where does crookes tube come from?
After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.

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