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Definition of Gradiometer
1. Noun. (physics) Any of several instruments used to measure the gradient of a physical property (such as magnetic field) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gradiometer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gradiometer
Literary usage of Gradiometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surveying and Levelling Instruments: Theoretically and Practically Described by William Ford Robinson Stanley (1901)
"Use of the gradiometer.—To take a town survey, the altitudes of which were ...
Therefore if we set the gradiometer to that proportion, all pipes may be laid ..."
2. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"To take full advantage of a gradiometer, one must be able to take readings quickly
so that sufficient surface data can be taken to spatially resolve and ..."
3. Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques: Vol. 1: Solids ...by J. Russell Boulding by J. Russell Boulding (1996)
"Fluxgate gradiometer Advantages: (1) Less susceptible to noise than proton
magnetometers; and (2) generally less expensive to operate because continuous ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... been initiated by ground commands, which have rotated the sensors through
180°, applied different field biases, and operated the gradiometer sequence. ..."
5. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"Second is a gravity gradiometer yielding details of the variations in the lunar
gravitational field. The third is the electromagnetic pulse probe, ..."
6. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1902)
"It is evident that used in this way the instrument becomes a gradiometer, giving
an indication of twenty pounds per ton for every one per cent. of grade. 6. ..."
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