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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Crookes space

/(kro͝oks)/ · IPA
01 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 stria…
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    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; -- called also Crookes layer.(Physics) Also: Crookes layer