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Definition of Magnetometer
1. Noun. A meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields.
Definition of Magnetometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination.
Definition of Magnetometer
1. Noun. (physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface. ¹
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Definition of Magnetometer
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Medical Definition of Magnetometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetometer
Literary usage of Magnetometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Apollo 12 magnetometer: Measurement of a Steady Magnetic Field on the Surface of
the Moon Abstract. The Apollo 12 magnetometer has measured a steady ..."
2. A Manual of Physical Measurements by Anthony Zeleny, Henry Anton Erikson (1912)
"A magnetometer; a triangular piece of board having a right angle and one side
... Place the magnetometer on the shelf in such a position that the glass tube ..."
3. Directions for Magnetic Measurements by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Daniel L. Hazard (1911)
"A. WITH A magnetometer. The determination of the magnetic declination consists
of two ... It is usually referred to as a theodolite magnetometer since it ..."
4. Electric and Magnetic Measurements by Charles Marquis Smith (1917)
"To determine H by the magnetometer method. APPARATUS. ... (3) Set the table of
the magnetometer with its axis in the magnetic meridian as determined by the ..."
5. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1893)
"Stroud's magnetometer for Complete Determination of H. places for which a knowledge
... By keeping a magnetometer set up with lamp and scale in readiness, ..."
6. Mineral Land Classification: Showing Indications of Iron Formations in Parts by William Otis Hotchkiss, Ernest F. Bean, Orville W. Wheelwright (1915)
"I. The magnetometer.—The determination of H, the horizontal component of the
earth's magnetic field was made by means of the magnetometer, ie, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"The permanent record obtained from the action of a self-recording magnetometer.
(See magnetometer. Self- Recording.) magnetometer. ..."
8. An Introduction to Physical Measurements: With Appendices on Absolute by Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch, Thomas Hutchinson Waller, Henry Richardson Procter (1899)
"DETERMINATION OF HORIZONTAL INTENSITY BY THE COMPENSATED magnetometer (W. Weber).
The compensated magnetometer is principally intended for the comparison of ..."
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