GRADIOMETER


Meaning of GRADIOMETER in English

/gray'dee om"i teuhr/ , n. Physics.

any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Cf. gradient (def. 3a).

[ 1800-10; GRADI(ENT) + -O- + -METER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .