dosimeter

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Sunbathers may be able to wear the indicator, known as a dosimeter, in the form of a wristband.

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  1. noun An instrument that measures and indicates the amount of x-rays or radiation absorbed in a given period.

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  • I open the custodial closet, fill the bucket, select a mop, clip on a dosimeter, and start scrubbing the corridor floor as it winds its way around the lowest level of the base. —  Steele, Allen - [Near-Space 05] - A King of Infinite Space
  • - HFT, the next-generation of the company's original DVS (Dose Verification System) wireless implantable dosimeter that remains the only device to measure actual radiation dose at the tumor site for use in treating breast and prostate cancer patients undergoing external beam radiation therapy.
  • The medical device expands Sicel Technologies 'portfolio, because the DVS-HFT dosimeter is specifically calibrated for use with radiation therapy protocols that give patients higher single doses of radiation over a shorter period of time compared to conventional radiation therapy.
  • Reading this book may just tip your dosimeter into the radioactive zone or change your status from sleeper cell to activated. —  promptings
  • Home test kits with dosimeter tubes are easy to use and much less expensive than professional testing. —  Green Options
 

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  1. dos(e) + -meter.

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  1. from New Latin dosis, a dose, + Latin metrum, a measure.
 

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/dəˈsɪmɛtər/
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