loendurmõõtevahend ioniseeriva kiirguse avastamiseks ja mõõtmiseks, kasutades juhusliku kiirguse ergastusefekti stsintilleerivale materjalile valgusimpulsside avastamiseks
instrument for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation by using the excitation effect of incident radiation on a scintillating material, and detecting the resultant light pulses
Scintillation counter is obtained when a scintillator is coupled to an electronic light sensor such as a photomultiplier tube, photodiode, or silicon photomultiplier.