- Ce|ren|kov counter
- Ce|ren|kov counter «chuh REHN kf»,a device for detecting and counting the particles in the Cerenkov effect, used especially to study the behavior of high-energy particles, such as cosmic rays and atomic particles. Also, Cherenkov counter or detector.╂[< P. A. Cerenkov, born 1904, a Russian physicist, who first observed the Cerenkov effect]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.