radiation counter

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radiation counter [‚rād·ē′ā·shən ‚kau̇nt·ər]

(nucleonics)

An instrument used for detecting or measuring nuclear radiation by counting the resultant ionizing events; examples include Geiger counters and scintillation counters. Also known as counter.

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