English Explanatory Dictionary

Wilson cloud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A transient condensation cloud surrounding large explosions in humid air.

Word forms

Wilson cloud Wilson clouds

Etymology

Named after Scottish physicist and meteorologist Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959).

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