How to Use Geiger counter in a Sentence
Geiger counter
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Players had to get within a few feet for detection, and a Geiger counter cost far more than a box of new balls.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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Our Geiger counter, which took live measurements of the environment, clicked quietly.
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Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Using a Geiger counter The Geiger counter was developed by a German scientist named Hans Geiger in the early 1900s.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Radiological weapons can be detected by a Geiger counter, while chemical weapons can usually be identified by reagents, electronic sensors, and special detection sheets sensitive to things like nerve agents.
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David Szondy
june 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2026
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In Walker Percy’s novel The Moviegoer, the hero, Binx Bolling, tells us that there is an invisible Geiger counter in his head that rattles loudly whenever a Jew passes by.
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Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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