Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wilson_cloud_chamber

1 sense of wilson cloud chamber

Sense 1
cloud chamber, Wilson cloud chamber -- (apparatus that detects the path of 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)
       => particle detector -- (a chamber in which particles can be made visible)