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Proportional Counter

Definition: Proportional Counter

Proportional Counter

Noun

1. Counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Proportional Counter

DomainDefinition

Energy

A radiation instrument in which an electronic detection system receives pulses that are proportional to the number of ions formed in a gas-filled tube by ionizing radiation. (references)

Mining

A gas-filled, radiation-detection tube in which the pulse produced is proportional to the number of ions formed in the gas by the primaryionizing particle. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Proportional Counter

Synonym: proportional counter tube (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Proportional Counter

English words defined with "proportional counter": boron counter tube. (references)

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Expression: Proportional Counter

Expression using "proportional counter": proportional counter tube. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Proportional Counter

Language Translations for "proportional counter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

der findes nu et kombineret apparat med taeller ( scaler ) og taellehastighedsmeter ( ratemeter ), som ikke alene indeholder den noedvendige hoejspaendingsforsyning og en impulshoejdeanalysator, men ogsaa en forstaerker med en forstaerkning paa l00.000 ga (which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

er bestaat nu een gecombineerde pulsteller-telsnelheidsmeter welke niet alleen de nodige hoogspanningsvoeding en een pulshoogte-analysator bevat, maar ook een versterker met een 1OO.OOO-voudige versterking, hetgeen voldoende is om de door de proportionele (which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

French

  

il existe maintenant un dispositif combiné échelle de comptage et débitmètre qui comprend non seulement l'alimentation HT nécessaire et un analyseur d'amplitude d'impulsions mais aussi un amplificateur avec un gain de 1OO.OOO, ce qui suffit pour a (which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

German

  

es gibt jetzt ein Geraet mit Zaehler und Zaehlratenmesser, das nicht nur die erforderliche Hochspannung und einen Impulshohenanalysator aufweist, sondern auch einen Verstaerker mit 1OO.OOOfacher Verstaerkung enthaelt, der ausreicht, die Ausgangsimpulse de (a combined scaler/ratemeter is now available incorporating not only the necessary h.v. supplies and a pulse height analyser but also an amplifier with a gain of 1OO, which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Ενας συνδυασμός κλιμακωτή(scaler)/ρυθμομέτρου είναι τώρα διαθέσιμος,ο οποίος περιλαμβάνει όχι μόνο τα απαραίτητα στοιχεία Υ.Τ.και έναν αναλυτ (which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

Italian

  

è disponibile una unit di conteggio con rateometro che comprende oltre all'alimentazione d'impulsi, anche un amplificatore con un guadagno di 1OO.OOO, quanto basta per amplificare ad un livello conveniente gli impulsi di uscita del contatore proporzio (a combined scaler/ratemeter is now available incorporating not only the necessary h.v. supplies and a pulse height analyser but also an amplifier with a gain of 1OO, which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

encontra-se actualmente disponível um dispositivo que inclui só o necessário fornecimento de alta tensão e um analisador de amplitude de impulsos,como também um amplificador com um ganho de 100.000, (a combined scaler/ratemeter is now available incorporating not only the necessary h.v. supplies and a pulse height analyser but also an amplifier with a gain of 1OO, which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

se dispone actualmente de una escala o medidor de radiación que incorpora no sólo las necesarias fuentes de alta tensión y un analizador de altura de pulso, sino también un amplificador con una ganancia de 100000, que es suficiente para amplificar ade (a combined scaler/ratemeter is now available incorporating not only the necessary h.v. supplies and a pulse height analyser but also an amplifier with a gain of 1OO, which is sufficient to amplify the output pulses from the proportional counter to a suitable level). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Proportional Counter

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-n-o-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-r-t-t-u"

-4 letters: unproportionate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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