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count (verb), counts; counted; counting
1. To say numbers in order, usually starting at one.
2. To add things up to see how many there are or to find the value of an amount of money.
3. To include someone or something in a calculation: "If you count Sam and me, there will be ten people."
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geometry, counting geometry (s) (noun); geometries; counting geometries (pl)
1. The branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, surfaces, and solids, and examines their properties: Geometry is a subject taught in school which is concerned with the features and relationships of points, lines, angles, curves, surfaces, and solids.
2. In nuclear medicine, any of the various arrangements between a radioactive source and a detector that affects the accuracy of counting or measurement: Counting geometry is a branch of algebraic geometry which deals with assessing the number of clarifications to geometric problems.
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image photon counting system, IPCS
An electronic detector system that has contributed to the knowledge of astronomy.

This detector is a four-stage, magnetically-focused image intensifier, coupled via a lens to a plumbicon television camera tube.

A plumbicon is the development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide.

A plumbicon is a registered trademark of Philips for its Lead Oxide (PbO) target vidicons or camera tubes in which a charge-density patterns are formed by photoconduction and stored on photoconductor surfaces that are scanned by electron beams; usually, of low-velocity electrons; used chiefly in industrial television cameras.

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