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spinthariscope

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Noun
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spin=tha=ri=scope

CIDE DICTIONARY

spinthariscopen. [Gr. spinqari`s spark + -scope.].
     A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spinthariscope, n. an instrument with a fluorescent screen showing the incidence of alpha particles by flashes.

Etymology
irreg. f. Gk spintharis spark + -SCOPE

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