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cloud chamber en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation. In its most basic form, it is a sealed environment containing a supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol, in which a mist can be seen where a charged particle interacts with the mixture and it ionizes it.

Forms

Relateds

bubble chamber

Synonyms

Wilson chamber

Translations (14)

de Nebelkammer (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · hu Wilson-kamra (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · fi sumukammio (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · tl paulapan (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · ru туманная камера (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · fr chambre à brouillard (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · pl komora Wilsona (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · da tågekammer (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · cmn 雲室 /云室 (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · hu ködkamra (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · sv dimkammare (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · ru ка́мера Ви́льсона (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · ms kebukawan (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation) · id kamar kabut (a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation)