MAGNETOGRAPH

magnetograph

(noun) a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth’s magnetic field)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

magnetograph (plural magnetographs)

An instrument for measuring changes in the direction and intensity of magnetic fields.

Source: Wiktionary


Mag*net"o*graph, n. Etym: [Magneto- + -graph.] (Physics)

Definition: An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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