PROPORTIONAL COUNTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced

Synonyms:

proportional counter; proportional counter tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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

boron counter tube (a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons)

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