scintillation cocktail
Science
noun
A liquid in which is dissolved a small amount of scintillant, to give a solution for use in scintillation counting; also as a mass noun.
Origin
1960s.
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- what-d'you-call-it (or what's-its-name)
- whate'er
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- whatever next
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