(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:32

Mag`net*om"e*ter (?), n. [Magneto- + -meter: cf. F. magn'etometre.] 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.

 

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