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What is a dosimeter?

What is a dosimeter? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A device used to measure a dose of ionising radiation. These normally take the form of either Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL), photographic film, thermoluminescent devices (TLD) or electronic personal dosimeters (PDM).
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When these DNA dosimeters were exposed, another aluminum foil-covered dosimeter tube was also placed under identical conditions as an unexposed control.
The changes in the environment conditions can be gauged by a dosimeter.
He pulls off the road, gets out of the car and buries the dosimeter in the grass.
The electronic dosimeter is capable of measuring at a minimum of a 1 second interval and stores the readings until they are downloaded onto a computer.
Mr. Anderson operated an exposure device knowing that his alarming dosimeter was not functioning.
A falsely high reading on a radiation dosimeter may have very different implications during a bioterrorist incident than during a rat lab experiment.

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