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Definition of "magnetograph" []

  • A device for detecting and recording variations in the intensity and direction of magnetic fields. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "magnetograph" in a sentence
  • "Detection of the magnetic field's signal could build the case for constructing a "coronal magnetograph," he said, which would be a more advanced version of the coronagraph that measures the magnetic properties of the corona."
  • "Thus a steady temperature was maintained; a most desirable feature in a magnetograph house."
  • "For the "absolute hut" there were only scrap materials available; the "magnetograph house," alone, had been brought complete."
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