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IONIZATION CHAMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation
Synonyms:
ionization chamber; ionization tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ionization chamber" 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 "ionization chamber"):
boron chamber (an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons)
Geiger-Muller tube; Geiger tube (an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter)
