Associations to the word «Crookes»
Noun
- Heinrich
- Wheat
- Photograph
- Spirit
- Researcher
- Leon
- Photography
- Indie
- Johann
- Voltage
- Electricity
- Electronics
- Discovery
- Glow
- Cricketer
- Proceeding
- Daniel
- Fast
- Suburb
- Nobel
- Luke
- Hull
- Crater
- Wireless
- Radiation
- Spectrum
- Rap
- Particle
- Plate
- Kate
- Arthur
- Fi
- Console
- Research
- Element
- Gas
- Velocity
- Chemistry
- Observation
- Observer
- Alfred
- Demonstration
- Coal
- Compound
- Fox
- Ac
- Footnote
- Inch
- Lab
- Society
- Ward
- Witness
- Doubt
- Anna
- Balance
- Graham
- Stewart
- Possibility
- Bc
- Test
- Occasion
- Beam
- Journal
- Screen
- Cold
Adjective
Adverb
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
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