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noun
A device, consisting of multiple detectors, that is used to track the path of cosmic rays and other subatomic particles
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
(physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scientific instrument
History
From hodo- + -scope.
