magnetometer

A scientific instrument used to measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields.

• 🇫🇷Instrument scientifique utilisé pour mesurer l'intensité et la direction des champs magnétiques.

1. Magnetic field measuring device C1 formal scientific

   An instrument used to measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields.

   • The geologist used a magnetometer to map the magnetic anomalies in the area.
   • Archaeologists employ a magnetometer to detect buried structures without digging.
   • The spacecraft's magnetometer recorded data on the planet's magnetic field.

   🇫🇷magnétomètre

   Synonymes: gaussmeter

• magnetometers plural form
• magnetometers' possessive plural form
• magnetometer's possessive singular form