Definitions for magnetometerˌmæg nɪˈtɒm ɪ tər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mag•ne•tom•e•terˌmæg nɪˈtɒm ɪ tər(n.)
an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field.
Category: Electricity and Magnetism
an instrument for detecting the presence of ferrous or magnetic materials, as in concealed weapons.
Category: Electricity and Magnetism
Origin of magnetometer:
1820–30; < F magnétomètre; see magneto -, -meter
mag`ne•tom′e•try(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
magnetometer, gaussmeter(noun)
a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
Wiktionary
magnetometer(Noun)
An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface.
Webster Dictionary
Magnetometer(noun)
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
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Magnetometer
(a) A reflecting galvanometer, with heavy magnetic needle, dampened by a copper frame. It was devised by Weber. (b) An apparatus for measuring the intensity of magnetic force. It may consist of a magnet suspended by bifilar or by torsion suspension. A reflecting mirror and scale as in the reflecting galvanometer may be used to act as indicator of its motions. It is used in investigations of the intensity of the earth's field. If the motions of the spot of light are received on a moving strip of sensitized paper and are thereby reproduced photographically, the instrument is self-recording. Such an apparatus is used in the Kew Observatory, Eng., for recording the terrestrial magnetic elements.
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