IONIZATION CHAMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ionization chamber mean? 

• IONIZATION CHAMBER (noun)
  The noun IONIZATION CHAMBER has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation

  Familiarity information: IONIZATION CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IONIZATION CHAMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ionization chamber; ionization tube

Hypernyms ("ionization chamber" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ionization chamber"):

boron chamber (an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons)

Geiger-Muller tube; Geiger tube (an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter)