GEIGER COUNTER

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Meaning:

Counter tube that detects ionizing radiations

Synonyms:

Geiger-Muller counter; Geiger counter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Geiger counter" is a kind of...):

counter tube (a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events)

Meronyms (parts of "Geiger counter"):

Geiger-Muller tube; Geiger tube (an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter)

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