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GEIGER TUBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
Synonyms:
Geiger-Muller tube; Geiger tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Geiger tube" is a kind of...):
ionization chamber; ionization tube (a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation)
Holonyms ("Geiger tube" is a part of...):
Geiger-Muller counter; Geiger counter (counter tube that detects ionizing radiations)
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