Electronic anticoincidence is a method (and its associated hardware) widely used to suppress unwanted, "background" events in high energy physics, experimental particle physics, gamma-ray spectroscopy, gamma-ray astronomy, experimental nuclear physics, and related fields.
ᵻlɛktɹˈɑːnɪk ˌæntɪkoʊˈɪnsɪdəns ɪz ɐ mˈɛθəd ænd ɪts ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd hˈɑːɹdwɛɹ wˈaɪdli jˈuːzd tə səpɹˈɛs ʌnwˈɔntᵻd, "bˈækɡɹaʊnd" ᵻvˈɛnts ɪn hˈaɪ ˈɛnɚdʒi fˈɪzɪks, ɛkspˌɛɹɪmˈɛntəl pˈɑːɹɾɪkəl fˈɪzɪks, ɡˈæmɚɹˈeɪ spɛktɹˈɑːskəpi, ɡˈæmɚɹˈeɪ ɐstɹˈɑːnəmi, ɛkspˌɛɹɪmˈɛntəl nˈuːklɪɹ fˈɪzɪks, ænd ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd fˈiːldz.