lithium-drifted silicon detector

noun

a radiation detector used in astrophysics, nuclear physics, imaging and X-ray spectroscopy

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Meanings

nounlithium-drifted silicon detector (plural lithium-drifted silicon detectors)

plural lithium-drifted silicon detectors

  1. astronomya radiation detector used in astrophysics, nuclear physics, imaging and X-ray spectroscopy
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