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crookes space

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
crookes s-pace
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge.

Dated

Etymology

After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Crookes spaces (plural)

Synonyms

Crookes layer

Questions

What does crookes space mean?
The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge.
Where does crookes space come from?
After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it.

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