"Crookes space" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Crookes spaces [plural]
Etymology: After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Crookes space (plural Crookes spaces)
  1. (physics, dated) The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: Crookes layer

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