We found 1 definitions of particle detector from 1 different sources.
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particle detector - a chamber in which particles can be made visible | ||
chamber a natural or artificial enclosed space | ||
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 |