bhangmeter

noun

bhangmeter

noun

Etymology 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

A non-imaging radiometer used to detect nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon.

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