Geiger counter love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An instrument that detects and measures the intensity of radiation, such as particles from radioactive material, consisting of a Geiger tube and associated electronic equipment.

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  • noun A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.

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  • noun counter tube that detects ionizing radiations

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Hans Wilhelm Geiger, (1882–1945), German physicist.]

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Named after Hans Geiger who developed the first such device in 1908 together with Ernest Rutherford.

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