Crookes-radiometer
noun, Optics.
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(def 1).
noun
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(physics) a type of radiometer consisting of an evacuated glass bulb containing a set of lightweight vanes, each blackened on one side. The vanes are mounted on a vertical axis and revolve when light, or other radiant energy, falls on them
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