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Geiger tube

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Geiger tube
n.
A metal or glass tube filled with gas that is ionized by passing charged particles, producing within the tube an electric charge indicative of a particular particle.
[After Hans Wilhelm Geiger (1882-1945), German physicist.]
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Geiger tube
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Noun1.Geiger tube - an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
Geiger-Muller tube
Geiger counter, Geiger-Muller counter - counter tube that detects ionizing radiations
ionization chamber, ionization tube - a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation


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