IONIZATION CHAMBER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation

Synonyms:

ionization chamber; ionization tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ionization chamber" 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 "ionization chamber"):

boron chamber (an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons)

Geiger-Muller tube; Geiger tube (an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter)