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BORON CHAMBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boron chamber mean?
• BORON CHAMBER (noun)
The noun BORON CHAMBER has 1 sense:
1. an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons
Familiarity information: BORON CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boron chamber" is a kind of...):
ionization chamber; ionization tube (a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation)
Holonyms ("boron chamber" is a part of...):
boron counter tube (a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons)
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