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, ˈdəʊsˌmiːtə /

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

• dosimetrician
  noun
• dosimetry
  noun
• dosimetric
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of dosimeter

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dosimeter

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

Some use dosimeters, others don’t—or don’t trust them “There’s no guarantee the dosimeter will show a hot spot,” says one stalker, correctly.

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

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