Crookes Tube Definition

noun
An early cathode-ray tube with a cathode, anode, and some low-pressure gas.
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Other Word Forms of Crookes Tube

Noun

Singular:
Crookes tube
Plural:
crookes-tubes

Origin of Crookes Tube

  • After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Sir William Crookes

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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