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What is a Geiger counter?

What is a Geiger counter? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.
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As requested by Dr. Geiger, this phrase is a play on the idea of radioactivity, for which the Geiger counter is used in detection.
Then we searched the enclosure with a Geiger counter to locate scatter-hoarded seeds and hulls of eaten seeds.
Pipes and other kinds of containers can be filled with radon gas and then checked with a Geiger counter or other detection device.
He even went through the area with a Geiger counter to check for radiation, but came up empty.
A Geiger counter exposed to a weak radioactive source may appear to be a good source of random time intervals.
Should that mean that Geiger counter sweeps searching for dirty bombs would become unconstitutional?

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