dosimeter

American  

[doh-sim-i-ter] / doʊˈsɪm ɪ tər /

noun

1. a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.

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dosimeter British  

/ dəʊˈsɪmiːtə, ˌdəʊsɪˈmɛtrɪk, ˈdəʊsˌmiːtə, ˌdəʊsɪməˈtrɪʃən /

noun

1. an instrument for measuring the dose of X-rays or other radiation absorbed by matter or the intensity of a source of radiation

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dosimeter Scientific  

/ dō-sĭm′ĭ-tər /

1. An instrument that measures the amount of x-ray or other radiation absorbed in a given period.

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Other Word Forms

• dosimetric adjective
• dosimetrician noun
• dosimetry noun

Etymology

Origin of dosimeter

1880–85; < Greek dósi ( s ) dose + -meter

Example Sentences

Gosman Kabirov, an environmental activist from the nearby town of Chelyabinsk, poured a capful of the raspberry syrup onto a piece of cardboard and held his radioactivity dosimeter up to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2018

See the elements of bomb-test culture you never imagined existed — the patches, the jokey certificates of achievement, the varying styles of dosimeter that told you if, and when, your goose was nuked.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2016

Tokuo Hayakawa carries a dosimeter around with him at his 600-year-old temple in Naraha, the first town in the Fukushima "exclusion zone" to fully reopen since Japan's March 2011 catastrophe.

From Reuters • Mar. 2, 2016

He keeps his dosimeter off so as not to make noise and alert police who might be on patrol.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2014

A team member’s dosimeter indicated that he had already been exposed to the maximum amount of radiation he was allowed to receive in a year.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland