counter dead time

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counter dead time [′kau̇nt·ər ′ded ‚tīm]

(nucleonics)

The time interval between the start of a counted event and the earliest instant at which a new event can be counted by a radiation counter.

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No references found			Counter Dead Time The dead time is the time after an x ray is detected that no ionizations occur if another x ray enters the counter. High count rate electron probe microanalysis by Herrington, Charles / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology			count system Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz Count Zygmunt Krasinski Count's War count-key-data countability axioms countable countably additive countably additive set function countably compact set countably infinite set countably many countably metacompact space countably paracompact space countably subadditive countably subadditive set function countdown counted counter counter apse counter arch counter batten counter circuit counter coupling counter cramp counter dead time counter decade counter gauge counter mode Counter Reformation counter sun Counter Telescope counter terms counter tube counter voltage counter-free machine counter-imbrication Counter-Reformation counter-relief counter/frequency meter Counterapproaches Counterattack counterbalance counterbalance system counterbalanced truck counterbalanced window Counterbattery Activities counterblow hammer counterbore counterbrace counterbracing			Counter Battery Radar Counter Battery Staff Officer Counter Battery/Counter Mortar Counter Bombardment Target Acquisition Counter bond Counter brace counter C3 counter check counter circuit Counter clockwise Counter clockwise Counter Clockwise Lead End Counter Code Enterprise Edition counter command, control and communications counter command, control, and communications counter conditioning Counter controlled loops Counter Counterfeit Commission counter coupling counter cramp Counter Culture Coffee Counter Current Breaking Counter Current Decantation Counter Current Scrubber Counter Cyclical Payment counter dead time counter decade Counter deed Counter diagonal Counter diagonal Counter Disaster and Rescue Service Counter distinction Counter drain Counter Drug Intelligence System Counter electrode Counter electrode Counter electrode Counter Electronic Support Measures Counter Electronic Warfare counter electrophoresis counter electrophoresis counter electrophoresis Counter example Counter Explosive Hazard Center Counter extension Counter Financing of Terrorism Counter fissure Counter Force Counter force strike Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Counter Fraud Operational Service Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board Counter Fraud Service Counter Gambit Counter Gambit Counter Gambit

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