kicksorter

1. 1.

   scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass

   Synonymspulse height analyzer

   Broaderscientific instrument

Other forms of kicksorter

plural

kicksorters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kicksorter

What does kicksorter mean?

kicksorter means "scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass".

How many syllables are in kicksorter?

kicksorter has 3 syllables: kick-sor-ter. The stress falls on "kick".

What is another word for kicksorter?

Close synonyms include pulse height analyzer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kicksorter a common word?

kicksorter 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.