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magnetometer |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Magnetometer \Mag`net*om"e*ter\, n. [Magneto- + -meter: cf F. magn['e]tom[`e]tre.] (Physics) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: magnetometer n : an instrument to compare strengths of magnetic fields [syn: {gaussmeter}]
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