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scintillation counter
noun
- a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
scintillation counter
noun
- an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation. It consists of a phosphor with which particles collide producing flashes of light that are detected by a photomultiplier and converted into pulses of electric current that are counted by electronic equipment
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scintillation counter1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
If brains were radium, you couldn't make a flicker on a scintillation counter.
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