| NOUN | artifact | counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
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| Meaning | A measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events. | |
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| Narrower | Geiger counter, Geiger-Muller counter | counter tube that detects ionizing radiations |
| crystal counter | A counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity | |
| proportional counter tube, proportional counter | 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 | |
| Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
| Spanish | contador | |
| Catalan | comptador | |
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