BORON COUNTER TUBE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A proportional counter tube for counting neutrons

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("boron counter tube" is a kind of...):

proportional counter; proportional counter tube (counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced)

Meronyms (parts of "boron counter tube"):

boron chamber (an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons)

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