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cloud chamber

cloud cham·ber (plural cloud cham·bers)


noun 
Definition:
 
particle detector: a device in which the movement of high-energy particles is detected as they pass through a chamber of supersaturated vapor. Observable tracks are formed when droplets condense on the ionized molecules left by the high-energy particles.

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