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| Gei·ger count·er [ ggər kòwntər ] (plural Gei·ger coun·ters) |
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radiation detector: an instrument used to measure the intensity of ionizing radiation by detecting particles from a radioactive substance
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| [Early 20th century. After Hans Geiger (1882-1945), German physicist] |
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