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Geiger counter
Geiger counter /ˈɡaɪɡə ˌkaʊntə $ -ɡər ˌkaʊntər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Hans W. Geiger (1882-1945), German scientist who invented it (with Walter M. Müller)
an instrument that finds and measures radioactivity