crystal counter

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   a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity

   Broadercounter tube

   Partscrystal

Questions about crystal counter

What does crystal counter mean?

crystal counter means "a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity".

Is crystal counter a common word?

crystal counter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.