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SCINTILLATION COUNTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scintillation counter" is a kind of...):
counter tube (a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events)