GEIGER TUBE

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Meaning:

An ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter

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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