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scintillometer|sɪntɪˈlɒmɪə(r)|
[f. L. scintilla spark + -ometer.]
1. An instrument invented by Montigny for measuring the intensity of the scintillation of the stars.
1877Monthly Notices Astron. Soc. XXXVII. 204 A scintillometer, formed of a circular plate of thick glass, was mounted obliquely in the tube of the telescope.
2. A device containing a scintillator for detecting and measuring low intensities of ionizing radiation.
1955Times 17 Aug. 7/6 An R.A.A.F. spokesman said today that Beaver aircraft with scintillometer and other radio gear would fly from Mawson early next year to search for a radioactive minerals map of the Antarctic coastline. 1956Proc. Internat. Conf. Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy VI. 660/1 An efficient scintillometer is about 50 times more sensitive to terrestrial gamma rays than a Geiger-Müller counter. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 111 The most useful geophysical surveys for mineral deposits are magnetic.., radiometric (the main prospecting tool for uranium deposits, using Geiger counters, scintillometers and gamma-ray spectrometers), electromagnetic, electrical, gravitometric, and seismic.
Hence scintiˈllometry, study by means of the scintillometer (sense 2).
1960Los Alamos Sci. Lab. Rep. LAMS 2445. 337 (heading) Clinical applications of whole body scintillometry. 1974Nature 15 Mar. p. xvi/2 (Advt.), The department has excellent modern facilities for work on tissue and organ culture, including..scintillometry. |