cloud chamber in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for cloud chamber in the English»Italian Dictionary

cloud chamber [Am ˈklaʊd ˌtʃeɪmbər] N PHYS

cloud chamber

camera f di Wilson

cloud chamber

camera f a nebbia

Translations for cloud chamber in the Italian»English Dictionary

camera di Wilson

cloud chamber

camera a nebbia PHYS

cloud chamber

Translations for cloud chamber in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cloud [Brit klaʊd, Am klaʊd] N

1. cloud C (in sky):

cloud

nube f

cloud

nuvola f

2. cloud U METEO:

cloud, also cloud mass

nubi fpl

cloud, also cloud mass

nuvolosità f

some patches of cloud

nubi sparse, qualche traccia di nuvolosità

there's a lot of cloud about

è molto nuvoloso

3. cloud (mass):

cloud (of smoke, dust, gas, ash)

nube f

cloud (of insects)

nugolo m

4. cloud (negative feature) fig:

a cloud of gloom, uncertainty

un velo di malinconia, incertezza

to cast a cloud over sth

gettare un'ombra su qc

5. cloud (blur):

cloud (in liquid)

intorbidamento m

cloud (in glass, marble, gem)

macchia f

cloud (on mirror)

appannamento m

II.cloud [Brit klaʊd, Am klaʊd] VB trans

1. cloud (blur):

cloud steam, breath: mirror

appannare

cloud substance: liquid

intorbidare

cloud tears: vision

appannare, offuscare

2. cloud (confuse):

cloud memory, judgment

offuscare

to cloud the issue

imbrogliare le carte, ingarbugliare la questione

3. cloud (blight):

cloud atmosphere, occasion etc.

intristire

III.cloud [Brit klaʊd, Am klaʊd] VB intr

cloud → cloud over

IV.cloud [Brit klaʊd, Am klaʊd]

to be living in cloud-cuckoo-land

credere alle fiabe

to have one's head in the clouds

avere la testa fra le nuvole

to be on cloud nine inf

toccare il cielo con un dito or essere al settimo cielo

to be, leave under a cloud

essere, partire in disgrazia or in discredito

See also cloud over

cloud over VB [klaʊd -]

cloud over sky, face:

cloud over

rannuvolarsi

I.chamber [Brit ˈtʃeɪmbə, Am ˈtʃeɪmbər] N

1. chamber (room):

chamber

camera f

council chamber Brit

camera di consiglio

2. chamber (in GB) POL:

the upper, lower chamber

la Camera Alta, Bassa

3. chamber ANAT:

chamber (of heart)

cavità f

chamber (of eye)

camera f (oculare)

4. chamber (in caving):

chamber

camera f di abbattimento

5. chamber TECH:

chamber

camera f

II.chambers N

chambers npl LAW:

chambers

gabinetto m (di giudice)

to hear a case in chambers

discutere una causa a porte chiuse

cloud chamber in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cloud chamber in the English»Italian Dictionary

cloud chamber N PHYS

cloud chamber

camera f a nebbia

Translations for cloud chamber in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cloud [klaʊd] N

cloud

nube f

ash cloud

nube f di cenere

Phrases:

every cloud has a silver lining prov

non tutto il male vien per nuocere prov

to be on cloud nine

essere al settimo cielo

to be under a cloud

essere in cattiva luce

II.cloud [klaʊd] VB trans a. fig

cloud

offuscare

cloud issue

oscurare

chamber [ˈtʃeɪm·bɚ] N

1. chamber (room):

chamber

sala f

torture chamber

stanza f della tortura

2. chamber ANAT, ECON, POL:

chamber

camera f

chamber of commerce

camera di commercio

3. chamber pl LAW (judge's office):

chamber

gabinetto m

4. chamber TECH:

chamber of a gun

camera f

combustion chamber

camera di combustione

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In its most basic form, a cloud chamber is a sealed environment containing a supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol.

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The cloud chamber represented a primitive scintillation counter which could measure radioactivity.

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In order to achieve the subatomic part of the duet, radioactive material (radium 225) is placed into a cloud chamber, a device used by physicists to observe particle trails.

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The cloud chamber is a self-contained environment filled with a super-saturated alcohol vapour, which is cooled with liquid nitrogen.

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The muons can be easily detected by many types of particle detectors, such as cloud chambers, bubble chambers or scintillation detectors.

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This project also constructed a sensitive high-pressure diffusion cloud chamber as the cyclotron's main detector.

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In the duet, a camera above the cloud chamber follows the particle tracks and coverts them into synthesised music, which accompanies the violin.

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Apply a uniform magnetic field across the cloud chamber, and positively and negatively charged particles will curve in opposite directions.

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The simplest path to spying on the universe might be to build a cloud chamber.

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This new process involves drawing the bubble or cloud chamber particle tracks directly onto music sheets.

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