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spark' cham"ber



Physics.
a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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