Definition of Geiger counter

1. Noun. Counter tube that detects ionizing radiations.

Exact synonyms: Geiger-muller Counter
Generic synonyms: Counter Tube
Terms within: Geiger Tube, Geiger-muller Tube

Definition of Geiger counter

1. Noun. A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geiger Counter

Gedaged
Geddes Axe
Geddies
Gedoelstia
Geelong
Geert Geerts
Geffrey
Geglossaceae
Gehenna
Gehrig
Geigel's reflex
Geiger
Geiger-Muller counter
Geiger-Muller tube
Geiger-Müller counter
Geiger counter
Geiger counters
Geiger tube
Geisel
Geissler tube
Geissler tubes
Geist
Gekkonidae
Gelderland
Gelechia
Gelechia gossypiella
Gelechiidae
Gelendzhik
Gelineau
Gelineau's syndrome

Literary usage of Geiger counter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desertby Richard L. Weaver by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"Did you ever have a Geiger counter? SC: No. RW: Now that's not standard ... RW: IVe never seen a Geiger counter myself, but I didn' t know if you knew what ..."

2. Candlelight by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"Geiger counter The first convincingly reasoned inventory of the world's nuclear material was published earlier this year. (“World inventory of Plutonium and ..."

3. City in Danger: A Peter Kent Story by John Gunn (2006)
""There's something wrong with the geiger counter. ... "I'm sure the geiger counter is all right," he said slowly. "And that means . ..."

4. A Physicist's Labour in War and Peace: Memoirs 1933-1999 by E. Walter Kellermann (2004)
"Conversely an 'anti-coincidence' arrangement would signal a particle that had traversed a Geiger counter, but not another so that particles not travelling ..."

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