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gradiometer [‚grād·ē′äm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

Any instrument that measures the gradient of some physical quantity, such as certain types of magnetometers which are designed to measure the gradient of magnetic field, or the Eötövs torsion balance and related instruments which measure the gradient of gravitational field.

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