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COUNTER TUBE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does counter tube mean?

• COUNTER TUBE (noun)
The noun COUNTER TUBE has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events

Familiarity information: COUNTER TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COUNTER TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counter tube"):

crystal counter (a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity)

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

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

scintillation counter (counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation)

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