nuclear magnetometer

nuclear magnetometer

[′nü·klē·ər mag·nə′täm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

Any magnetometer which is based on the interaction of a magnetic field with nuclear magnetic moments, such as the proton magnetometer. Also known as nuclear resonance magnetometer.

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