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-tubesOrigin of Crookes Tube
After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.
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After Sir William Crookes
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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