spark counter

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   an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles

   Synonymsspark chamber

   Broaderparticle detector

Questions about spark counter

What does spark counter mean?

spark counter means "an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles".

What is another word for spark counter?

Close synonyms include spark chamber. 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 spark counter a common word?

spark 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.