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COUNTER TUBE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing eventsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("counter tube" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counter tube"):

crystal counter (a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity)

Geiger-Muller counter; Geiger counter (counter tube that detects ionizing radiations)

proportional counter; proportional counter tube (counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced)

scintillation counter (counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation)

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