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particle detector - a chamber in which particles can be made visible

bubble chamber - an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles

chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space

cloud chamber, Wilson cloud chamber - apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track

spark chamber, spark counter - an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles

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