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cloud chamber

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cloud chamber

Summary

cloud chamber ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,340 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cloud chamber is credited with the discovery of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson[2].
  • Charles Thomson Rees Wilson is named after cloud chamber[3].
  • cloud chamber is a type of track chamber[4].
  • cloud chamber's Commons category is recorded as Cloud chambers[5].
  • cloud chamber's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1911[6].
  • cloud chamber's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • cloud chamber's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8].

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Definition and Type

cloud chamber is a type of track chamber[4].

Origins

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson is named after cloud chamber[3].

Why It Matters

cloud chamber ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,340 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → cloud-chamber
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: cloud-chamber, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921223|cloud chamber (#289921223)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
    Discoverer or inventor → Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
    Subclass of → —
    Named after → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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