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Crookes tube
noun
, Electronics.
- a form of cathode-ray tube.
Crookes tube
noun
- a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Crookes tube1
First recorded in 1880–85; after Sir W. Crookes
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Example Sentences
The whole party began to look uneasy and gazed apprehensively at the huge Crookes tube which still stood in its supporting frame on the table.
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My idealizator is the means of transforming psychons to quanta, just as, for instance, a Crookes tube or X-ray tube transforms matter to electrons.
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The atoms of matter were breaking down in Crookes tubes.
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On that day Dr. Röntgen was working with a Crookes tube in his laboratory.
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The phenomena produced both inside and outside a Crookes tube are, however, generally complex.
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