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Faraday cups

Faraday cups is the plural of Faraday cup.

Meaning of Faraday cup

Noun

Faraday cup (plural Faraday cups)

  1. A conductive metal cup designed to catch charged particles in vacuum.
    • The inner cylinder of the Faraday cup is electrically connected to the brass plug, and is the electrically active part of the unit.1996, IBM Journal of Research and Development, Volume 40, International Business Machines Corporation, page 74

Questions about Faraday cups

What is Faraday cups the plural of?
Faraday cups is the plural of Faraday cup.

Words near Faraday cups in the dictionary

  1. Faraday bag
  2. Faraday bags
  3. Faraday cage
  4. Faraday cages
  5. Faraday cup
  6. Faraday cups
  7. Faraday dark space
  8. Faraday dark spaces
  9. Faraday effect
  10. Faraday effects
  11. Faraday pointer

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