Associations to the word «Crookes»

Wiktionary

CROOKES, proper noun. A surname​.
CROOKES LAYER, noun. Synonym of Crookes space.
CROOKES RADIOMETER, noun. Light mill
CROOKES RADIOMETERS, noun. Plural of Crookes radiometer
CROOKES SPACE, noun. (physics) (dated) 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.
CROOKES TUBE, noun. An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.
CROOKES TUBES, noun. Plural of Crookes tube

Dictionary definition

CROOKES, noun. English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats