NOUN | artifact | ionization tube, ionization chamber | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
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Meaning | A measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation. | |
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Synonym | ionization chamber | |
Narrower | Geiger tube, Geiger-Muller tube | An ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter |
boron chamber | An ionization chamber lined with boron or filled / filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons | |
Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
Spanish | cámara de ionización | |
Catalan | cambra d'ionització |
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