Geiger-Müller tube
nounPhysics.
a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
Origin of Geiger-Müller tube
1First recorded in 1925–30; see origin at Geiger-Müller threshold
- Also called Geiger tube .
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