Magnetometer Synonyms

măgnĭ-tŏmĭ-tər
A meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gaussmeter

Words Related to Magnetometer

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. magnetic-reversal
  2. fluxgate
  3. gradiometer
  4. gradiometers
  5. multifrequency
  6. magnetometry
  7. interferometric
  8. radiometer
  9. interferometer
  10. lidar
  11. sub-millimetre
  12. seismometer
  13. superdarn

Magnetometer Sentence Examples

  • Various currents are then passed through the magnetizing coil, the galvanometer readings and the simultaneous magnetometer deflections being noted.

  • Experiments with annealed iron gave less satisfactory results, on account of the slowness with which the metal settled down into a new magnetic state, thus causing a " drift " of the magnetometer needle, which sometimes persisted for several seconds.

  • It remains to consider the measurement of the declination and the horizontal component, these two elements being generally measured with the same instrument, which is called a unifilar magnetometer.

  • The Kew Observatory pattern unifilar magnetometer is shown in figs.

  • Hence in more recent patterns of magnetometer it is usual to do away with the transit mirror method of observing and either to use a separate theodolite to observe the azimuth of some distant object, which will then act as a fixed mark when making the declination observations, or to attach to the magnetometer an altitude telescope and circle for use when determining the geographical meridian.

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