scintillometer

/ ˌsɪntɪˈlɒmɪtə /

noun

1. physics a device for observing ionizing radiation by the scintillations it produces in a suitable material

Example Sentences

In 1979, I owned the most radioactive farm in northern Virginia, according to aerial scintillometer exploration.

From Washington Post

In Colorado, for instance, Temple has to access private property, asking landowners if he can use a device called a scintillometer to measure the radioactivity of mineral deposits and collect a small sample.

From Salon

Prospector Hans Lundberg of Toronto surveys an oil-promising territory by flying back & forth across it in an airplane equipped with a scintillometer* to count the low-energy gamma rays coming up from the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pick was sitting on a rock one day near a crumbling ridge when he noticed that his Scintillometer was not registering properly.

From Time Magazine Archive

The damage is caused by an ultra-ultra-short wave radiation which not even the most sensitive scintillometer you have can pick up, a very subtle by-product of every chain reaction.

From Project Gutenberg