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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields;
[syn: magnetometer, gaussmeter]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

magnetometer n 1: a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields [syn: magnetometer, gaussmeter]