proportional counter in English
noun
1
an ionization chamber in which the operating voltage is large enough to produce amplification but not so large that the output pulse ceases to be proportional to the initial ionization.
The scattering was detected with a one-dimensional linear proportional counter .
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1. An ionising radiation detector comprising a chamber (1) filled with a noble gas and provided with an internal proportional counter (2) defining, between itself and an upper wall of the chamber, an absorption region (A) in which the radiation is ionised.