cloud chamber

noun

|Updated on: 22 Jun 2018

Definition of cloud chamber

: a vessel containing air saturated with water vapor whose sudden expansion reveals the passage of an ionizing particle by a trail of visible droplets

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As for the Partch, it was played by Partch, guitarist John Schneider’s ensemble dedicated to re-creating the art-object Partch instruments — the cloud chamber bowls, the exotic massive marimbas and the like.

— mark swed, latimes.com, "A festival's final concert brings the microtonal outsiders in," 17 June 2018

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