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Crookes n.

Biographical Sir William, 1832–1919, English chemist and physicist: discovered the element thallium and the cathode ray.

'Crookes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Crookes dark space - Crookes radiometer - Crookes tube - cathode dark space - cathode glow - crookesite - negative glow - radiometer

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