Meaning of Crookesian | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Examples
“Thomson promoted the Crookesian view⟳ of cathode rays as particulate against the apparent counterevidence presented by Phillip Lenard that such particles were not stopped by an encounter with metal[…]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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