bubble chamber: Meaning and Definition of

bub'ble cham"ber

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— Physics. Physics.
  1. an apparatus for determining the movements of charged particles, consisting of a chamber containing a superheated transparent liquid that, by boiling and producing bubbles in the path of an ionizing particle, indicates the path of the particle. Cf. cloud chamber.
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