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    GEIGER TUBE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counterplay

    Synonyms:

    Geiger-Muller tube; Geiger tube

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

    ionization chamber; ionization tube (a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation)

    Holonyms ("Geiger tube" is a part of...):

    Geiger-Muller counter; Geiger counter (counter tube that detects ionizing radiations)

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