noun
: a small coil of wire used to determine magnetic field intensity by suddenly rotating the coil through 180 degrees and measuring the resulting current surge with a ballistic galvanometer — called also exploring coil, search coil
noun
: a small coil of wire used to determine magnetic field intensity by suddenly rotating the coil through 180 degrees and measuring the resulting current surge with a ballistic galvanometer — called also exploring coil, search coil
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012