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  • noun physics Any of several instruments used to measure the gradient of a physical property (such as magnetic field)

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Examples

  • In addition, the satellite is also the first to feature a gravity gradiometer, which is based on the principle of differential acceleration measurement.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2009

  • Goce will carry a special device known as a gradiometer to measure these anomalies.

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2008

  • Goce will carry a special device known as a gradiometer to measure these anomalies.

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2008

  • “That’s called a gradiometer,” Swanburg said, pointing to where Reedy was making adjustments to the machine on his chest.

    Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007

  • To help focus the search, O'Connor and Adams sought out Tomasz Herbich, a Polish archaeologist who specializes in finding buried ruins with a device called a fluxgate gradiometer, a type of magnetometer.

    Human Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt? Jan 2008

  • To help focus the search, O'Connor and Adams sought out Tomasz Herbich, a Polish archaeologist who specializes in finding buried ruins with a device called a fluxgate gradiometer, a type of magnetometer.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • A gradiometer measures magnetic intensity, not depth.

    Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007

  • Each of the coils were rolled 80,000 turns accurately, and were connected in series in opposite direction, actuating as a gradiometer.

    Think Progress » Newt has plan to become president ‘almost by magic.’ 2006

  • Tom and Colin also methodically walked over the tell with an instrument called a fluxgate magnetic gradiometer, which picks up small differences in the surface magnetic field due to differences in the iron content and density of underlying structures.

    The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005

  • A solution being considered is for the missile to carry a device known as a gravity gradiometer, which would measure such anomalies during the flight, and pass the information to the guidance system.

    The Myth of Missile Accuracy Cockburn, Alexander 1980

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