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Definition of Geiger counter
1. Noun. Counter tube that detects ionizing radiations.
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
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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