particle detector

Noun
  1. A chamber in which particles can be made visible (synset 103899748)
    is a type of: chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space
    subtypes:
    • bubble chamber - an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles
    • cloud chamber, wilson cloud chamber - apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
    • spark chamber, spark counter - an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles

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