"Crookesian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more Crookesian [comparative], most Crookesian [superlative]
Etymology: From Crookes + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Crookes|ian}} Crookes + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Crookesian (comparative more Crookesian, superlative most Crookesian)
  1. Of or relating to Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist who worked on spectroscopy and was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube.
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