vibrating-reed magnetometer

vibrating-reed magnetometer

[′vī‚brād·iŋ ¦rēd ‚mag·nə′täm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

An instrument that measures magnetic fields by noting their effect on the vibration of reeds excited by an alternating magnetic field.

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