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BORON COUNTER TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boron counter tube mean?
• BORON COUNTER TUBE (noun)
The noun BORON COUNTER TUBE has 1 sense:
1. a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons
Familiarity information: BORON COUNTER TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A proportional counter tube for counting neutrons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boron counter tube" is a kind of...):
proportional counter; proportional counter tube (counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced)
Meronyms (parts of "boron counter tube"):
boron chamber (an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons)
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