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| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A simple and well-established form of radiation detector which produces electrical pulses at a rate related to the intensity of the radiation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A radiation detection and measuring instrument. It consists of a gas-filled tube containing electrodes, between which there is an electrical voltage, but no current flowing. When ionizing radiation passes through the tube, a short, intense pulse of current passes from the negative electrode to the positive electrode and is measured or counted. The number of pulses per second measures the intensity of the radiation field. It was named for Hans Geiger and W. Mueller, who invented it in the 1920s. It is sometimes called simply a Geiger counter or a G-M counter, and is the most commonly used portable radiation instrument. (references) |
Mining | An instrument consisting of a Geiger-Mueller tube plus a voltage source and the electronic equipment necessary to record the tube's electricpulses. Also called Geiger counter. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER |
| Specialty definitions using "GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER": dead time ♦ Geiger-Mueller probe ♦ insensitive time ♦ self-quenched counter tube. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Geigertæller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Geiger-Müller-tællerør (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Geiger-Müller rør (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geigerteller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), geiger-müllerteller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), geiger-müllertelbuis (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | geigerputki (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), geigermittari (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), geigerlaskuri (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tube-compteur de Geiger-Mueller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube), tube Geiger-Mueller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube), compteur Geiger (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube), compteur de Geiger (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Geigerzählrohr (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Geiger-Zähler (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Geigerzähler (Geiger counter), Geiger-Müller-Zählrohr (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Geiger-Müller-Zähler (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Auslösezähler (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετρητής "κάϊγκερ (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tubo contatore di Geiger-Müller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), contatore Geiger (geiger counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eiger-muellergay ountercay tubo contador de Geiger-Müller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), contador Geiger (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) tubo contador de Geiger-Müller (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), contador Geiger (geiger counter). (various references) Geiger-Müller-rör (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter), Geiger-Müllerräknerör (Geiger counter, Geiger-Mueller counter tube, Geiger-Mueller tube, GM counter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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