evacuated chamber

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• ionization chamber — n a partially evacuated tube provided with electrodes so that its conductivity due to the ionization of the residual gas reveals the presence of ionizing radiation * * * a device for measuring ionizing radiation by the measurement of the… …   Medical dictionary

• ionization chamber — noun Date: 1904 a partially evacuated tube provided with electrodes so that its conductivity due to the ionization of the residual gas reveals the presence of ionizing radiation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• barometer — barometric /bar euh me trik/, barometrical, adj. barometrically, adv. /beuh rom i teuhr/, n. 1. Meteorol. any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure. Cf. aneroid barometer, mercury barometer. 2. anything that indicates changes …   Universalium

• cyclotron — /suy kleuh tron , sik leuh /, n. Physics. an accelerator in which particles are propelled in spiral paths by the use of a constant magnetic field. [1930 35; CYCLO + TRON] * * * Particle accelerator that accelerates charged atomic or subatomic… …   Universalium

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