what does cloud chamber mean?

CLOUD CHAMBER as NOUN

Meaning
- apparatus that detects high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor
- each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
Synonym(s)
- Wilson cloud chamber (what does Wilson cloud chamber mean?)
Hypernyms(s) cloud chamber is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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