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单词 scintilloscope
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scintilloscopen.

Brit. /sɪnˈtɪləskəʊp/, U.S. /sɪnˈtɪləˌskoʊp/
Forms: 1800s– scintilloscope, 1900s– scintillascope (rare), 1900s– scintilliscope (now rare).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scintillation n., -o- connective, -scope comb. form.
Etymology: < scintill- (in scintillation n.) + -o- connective + -scope comb. form. Compare scintillometer n.
1. Astronomy. An instrument for examining the scintillation of stars. Cf. scintillometer n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > observational instruments > [noun] > stars
astrometer1783
astrophanometer?1810
scintillometer1861
astrophotometer1866
siderostat1868
wedge-photometer1883
scintilloscope1890
1890 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1888 194 A careful examination of the meteorological conditions of any proposed site for a large telescope should be made, particularly with reference to the quality of the images of the stars. This can be done with a scintilloscope or more accurately with the scintillometer, for it is this scintillation or superposition of an infinite number of movable images that causes the unsatisfactory seeing so often encountered.
2. Physics. An instrument in which alpha rays are detected by the flashes of light which are emitted when they strike a fluorescent screen.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > light or radiation
iriscope1841
spectroscope1861
photoscope1872
melanoscope1876
schistoscope1876
radioscope1896
spinthariscope1903
scintilloscope1904
streak camera1962
the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > [noun] > method of detecting > instrument used in
scintilloscope1904
1904 Nature 29 Sept. 535 The little instrument, which is called the ‘Scintilloscope’, consists of a simple magnifier of adjustable focus, as in the spinthariscope, but instead of the fixed screen and particle of radio-active substance a small double plate of glass is used.
1916 Yukon Territory (Canada Dept. Interior) 173 The scintilliscope is a much more convenient instrument.
1991 Pop. Mech. July 32/1 Nuclear detection technology, long a Los Alamos forté, came to the site that spring in the form of a handheld scintilliscope.
2004 D. Belkić Princ. Quantum Scattering Theory i. 26 The distance from the target to the detector (scintilloscope) was only 8 cm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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