sine galvanometer
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sine galvanometer
[′sīn ‚gal·və′näm·əd·ər] (engineering)
A type of magnetometer in which a small magnet is suspended in the center of a pair of Helmholtz coils, and the rest position of the magnet is measured when various known currents are sent through the coils.
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