Lauritsen electroscope

noun

A kind of radiation detector widely used as a quartz fiber radiation dosimeter.

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Meanings

nounLauritsen electroscope (plural Lauritsen electroscopes)

plural Lauritsen electroscopes

  1. A kind of radiation detector widely used as a quartz fiber radiation dosimeter.

Origin

Invented by Charles Christian Lauritsen in 1937.

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Lauritsen electroscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lauritsen%20electroscope

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“Lauritsen electroscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lauritsen%20electroscope. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lauritsen electroscope,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lauritsen%20electroscope.

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