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An instrument that measures magnetic fields or their changes.
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- shipboard magnetometer
- magnetometer reading
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The magnetometer registered a field beneath the ice.
She checked the magnetometer before approaching the structure.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular magnetometer; plural magnetometers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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