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Definition of Fluxgate
1. Noun. (physics) Any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field ¹
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Definition of Fluxgate
1. a device to measure a magnetic field [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluxgate
Literary usage of Fluxgate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques: Vol. 1: Solids ...by J. Russell Boulding by J. Russell Boulding (1996)
"fluxgate gradiometers allow continuous measurement of the gradient in the magnetic
field along a transect. Anomalous readings (measured as gammas) indicate ..."
2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... Forward Logistics Site. fluxgate—(NATO) A detector which gives an electrical
signal proportional to the intensity of the external magnetic field acting ..."
3. Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated with by Edwin Barth (1994)
"LSMs used for UXO detection typically are the dual- fluxgate type originally
developed for the ... Some HSMs are equipped with a fluxgate sensor probe, ..."
4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Instrumentation includes fluxgate and proton magnetometers for field zeroing and
calibrating. Theodolite platform and external reference marks provide a ..."
5. The Geophysical Expression of Selected Mineral Deposit Models edited by D. B. Hoover (1993)
"... and vertical or horizontal magnetic balances prior to about 1950, more recent
programs almost exclusively restrict measurements made by using fluxgate, ..."
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