bhangmeter

English edit

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bhangmeter

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

[doe291-1] 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

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