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Wilson cloud chamber

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Wilson cloud chamber
n
(Physics / Nuclear Physics) the full name for cloud chamber
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Noun1.Wilson cloud chamber - apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
cloud chamber
particle detector - a chamber in which particles can be made visible
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Some were advances in science, such as the invention of radioactive carbon 14 dating, the cyclotron, the Wilson Cloud Chamber, nuclear fission, etc.
The Einstein Almanac by Kreyche, Gerald F. / USA Today (Magazine)
May Alter History The occurrences in the Wilson cloud chamber following the disintegration of a single radium atom are typical divergent phenomena.
Science, common sense and decency by Langmuir, Irving / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
Your own ten-year old may take a peek into his future in the murky ball of a midget Wilson cloud chamber, while you borrow his Geiger counter to go prospecting for Uranium," the magazine said.
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