Geiger
Hans [hahns], /hɑns/, 1882–1947, German physicist.
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He brought a chunk of the dark stuff with him, and the store’s owner happened to be Geiger-counting some samples.
Once the Uranium Capital of the World, Moab, Utah, wants to unload its radioactive legacy | Sarah Scoles | September 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn a tunnel 40 feet beneath the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, a Geiger counter screamed.
The US military’s first experiment with portable nuclear reactors was short and tragic | Purbita Saha | July 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor some people the Geiger counter is alarming," Kunisawa says, "if it goes off.
A Japanese Firefighter Talks Surviving the Nuclear Reactors | Lennox Samuels | April 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was the Geiger Grade, a mile and a half from the summit: Black as your hat was the night, and never a star in the heavens.
East and West: Poems | Bret HarteIn 1832 Robiquet discovered codeine; and in 1833 atropine, aconitine, and hyoscyamine were distinguished by Geiger and Hesse.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth
Geiger speaks of a child who knew only one boy, and all the other boys were Otho to him because this first boy was called Otho.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossAn indirect but very interesting method of determining e was devised independently by Regener and by Rutherford and Geiger.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousMore thoroughly studied some time after by Geiger and Hesse, who confirmed Mein's results.
British Dictionary definitions for Geiger
/ (ˈɡaɪɡə) /
Hans (hans). 1882–1945, German physicist: developed the Geiger counter
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Scientific definitions for Geiger
[ gī′gər ]
German physicist who was a pioneer in nuclear physics. He invented numerous instruments and techniques used to detect charged particles, including the Geiger counter (1908).
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