Meanings
plural Geiger counters
- A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.
Figure 27 shows a Geiger counter, used to detect ionizing radiation. The counter consists of a thin central wire, carrying a positive charge, surrounded by a concentric circular conducting cylinder, carrying an equal negative charge.
1988, David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics, 3rd edition, page 387Synonyms: Geiger-Müller counter
- broadlybusinessa feature of an RFID reader that emits a sound indicating the signal strength of an RFID tag that is being searched for.
Any Geiger Counter feature can direct a user towards an RFID tagged item or at least point the user in the right direction, depending on how far away the RFID tag is.
2021 July 15, “10 Facts About the Geiger Counter Functionality, aka RFID Tag Locator”, in atlasRFIDstore (blog), retrieved 23 Aug 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncounter tube that detects ionizing radiations
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after Hans Geiger who developed the first such device in 1908 together with Ernest Rutherford.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَدَّاد غَايْغَر, عَدَّاد جَايْجَر
- عَدَّاد غَايْغَر (ʕaddād ḡayḡar)device
- عَدَّاد جَايْجَر (ʕaddād gaygar)device
Catalan comptador Geiger
- comptador Geigerdevice
Chinese Mandarin 蓋革計數器 /盖革计数器
- 蓋革計數器 /盖革计数器 (Gàigé jìshùqì)device
Danish geigertæller
- geigertællerdevice
Finnish geigermittari
- geigermittaridevice
French compteur Geiger
- compteur Geigerdevice
German Geigerzähler
- Geigerzählerdevice
Hebrew מונה גייגר
- מונה גייגר (moné gáyger)device
Hindi गाइगर काउन्टर
- गाइगर काउन्टर (gāigar kāunṭar)device
Hungarian Geiger–Müller-számláló
- Geiger–Müller-számlálódevice
Italian contatore Geiger
- contatore Geigerdevice
Japanese ガイガー計数管, ガイガーカウンター
- ガイガー計数管 (Gaigā-keisūkan)device
- ガイガーカウンター (Gaigā kauntā)device
Korean 가이거 계수기
- 가이거 계수기 (Gaigeo gyesugi)device
Norwegian Bokmål geigerteller
- geigertellerdevice
Polish licznik Geigera, licznik Geigera-Müllera
- licznik Geigeradevice
- licznik Geigera-Mülleradevice
Portuguese contador Geiger
- contador Geigerdevice
Romanian detector-Geiger, contor Geiger
- detector-Geigerdevice
- contor Geigerdevice
Russian счётчик Ге́йгера
- счётчик Ге́йгера (sčótčik Géjgera)device
Spanish contador Geiger (gáiguer), contador de Geiger (gáiguer)
- contador Geiger (gáiguer)device
- contador de Geiger (gáiguer)device
- medidor de radiacióndevice
Swedish geigermätare
- geigermätaredevice
Tagalog pamilang-gayger
- pamilang-gaygerdevice
Ukrainian лічильник Ге́йгера, лічильник Ґе́йґера
- лічильник Ге́йгера (ličylʹnyk Héjhera)device
- лічильник Ґе́йґера (ličylʹnyk Géjgera)device
Cite this entry
Geiger counter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geiger%20counter
“Geiger counter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geiger%20counter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Geiger counter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geiger%20counter.
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