ALL meanings of crookes space
Crookes space
C c - noun crookes space a dark region near the cathode in some low-pressure gas-discharge tubes 3
- noun crookes space the dark space between the cathode glow and the negative glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low. 1
- noun crookes space (physics, dated) 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. 0