Bible Dictionaries
Crookes Space

Webster's Dictionary

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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crookes Space'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crookes-space.html. 1828.