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counter tube
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | counter tube - a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing eventscrystal counter - a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivityGeiger counter, Geiger-Muller counter - counter tube that detects ionizing radiationsmeasuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of somethingproportional counter, proportional counter tube - counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions producedscintillation counter - counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation |
counter tube
counter tube[′kau̇nt·ər ‚tüb] (electronics) An electron tube having one signal-input electrode and 10 or more output electrodes, with each input pulse serving to transfer conduction sequentially to the next output electrode; beam-switching tubes and cold-cathode counter tubes are examples. (nucleonics) An electron tube that converts an incident particle or burst of incident radiation into a discrete electric pulse, generally by utilizing the current flow through a gas that is ionized by the radiation; used in radiation counters. Also known as radiation counter tube. counter tube
Words related to counter tubenoun a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing eventsRelated Words- crystal counter
- Geiger counter
- Geiger-Muller counter
- measuring device
- measuring instrument
- measuring system
- proportional counter
- proportional counter tube
- scintillation counter
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