English Explanatory Dictionary

Crookes space

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Crookes space Crookes spaces

Etymology

After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it.

Synonyms

Crookes layer
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