Usually means: Device visualizing particle paths via condensation.
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  1. cloud chamber: Merriam-Webster
  2. cloud chamber: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cloud chamber: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cloud chamber: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. cloud-chamber: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cloud chamber: Wiktionary
  8. cloud chamber: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. cloud chamber: Dictionary.com
  10. Cloud Chamber (company), Cloud Chamber (video game), Cloud Chamber, Cloud chamber: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. cloud chamber: Rhymezone
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  1. cloud chamber: Encyclopedia

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  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Cloud Chamber: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Cloud Chamber: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cloud chamber)

noun:  A particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation. In its most basic form, it is a sealed environment containing a supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol, in which a mist can be seen where a charged particle interacts with the mixture and it ionizes it.

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