bhangmeter
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From bhang + -meter, with the first element being a pun on bang, mocking the idea that the machine would work. Coined by Fred Reines in 1950.[1]
Noun
[edit]bhangmeter (plural bhangmeters)
- A non-imaging radiometer used to detect nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon.
References
[edit]- ^ Ogle, William E. (1985 October) “Bhangmeter — Prologue”, in An account of the return to Nuclear Weapons testing by the United States after the test moratorium 1958-1961[1], United States Department of Energy — NV 291, archived from the original on 2009-01-19, page 67