PROPORTIONAL COUNTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proportional counter mean? 

• PROPORTIONAL COUNTER (noun)
  The noun PROPORTIONAL COUNTER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PROPORTIONAL COUNTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPORTIONAL COUNTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

proportional counter; proportional counter tube

Hypernyms ("proportional counter" is a kind of...):

counter tube (a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proportional counter"):

boron counter tube (a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons)