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gradiometer
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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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The Navy already uses precision-machined electromechanical gravity gradiometers to help submarines navigate without noisy sonar.
Schonstedt has shipped thousands of magnetic locators - known technically as gradiometers or magnetometers - to the military and its contractors, as well as non-governmental organizations, for use in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, South Korea, Russia and Vietnam.
 
 
 
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