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scintillator definition

scin·til·la·tor (sint'l āt′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that scintillates
  2. Physics a crystal or phosphor capable of emitting scintillations

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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