[
US
/ˌmæɡnəˈtɑmətɝ/
]
[ UK /mˌæɡnɪtˈɒmɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /mˌæɡnɪtˈɒmɪtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
How To Use magnetometer In A Sentence
- The specimens were processed using a JR5A spinner magnetometer and demagnetized using a Molspin tumbler demagnetizer.
- The technique evolved during the Second World War when the US Navy developed a magnetometer to detect submarines.
- To help focus the search, O'Connor and Adams sought out Tomasz Herbich, a Polish archaeologist who specializes in finding buried ruins with a device called a fluxgate gradiometer, a type of magnetometer. Archive 2008-10-01
- But he didn't like the sound of the magnetometer - he probably didn't understand how it worked - so he scotched the idea with Ken. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
- The scientific payload includes stereo imaging equipment, a laser altimeter, a magnetometers, and an X-ray Spectrometer.
- Spinner magnetometers utilize the rotating moment of the specimen to alter the current in a nearby fluxgate pick-up coil, of cylindrical or ring design.
- When Cassini had its first encounter with Enceladus on 17 February at an altitude of 1167 kilometres, the magnetometer saw a striking signature in the magnetic field.
- Students will build and operate a simple magnetometer using a soda bottle and a bar magnet.
- The determination of geomagnetic polarities in volcanic sequences was carried out in the field using portable fluxgate magnetometers.
- Ray and his team were not just taking pictures they were using all kinds of instruments including a magnetometer, gravimeter, microdensitometer, spectrometer etc. A Contactee Far Ahead of the Times