| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Faraday cup detector | Meteorology & Standards | Used as a primary standard for measuring beams of charged particles. The beam falls on an electrode sufficiently massive to stop the beam as well as almost all the secondary particles resulting when the beam strikes the cup. This electrode is electrically insulated from its surroundings, so that the electric charge carried to it by the beam can be measured. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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