flux gate

flux gate

noun
Physics. an instrument for indicating the field strength of an external magnetic field, as that of the earth: used in some gyrocompasses and magnetometers.
Also called flux valve.


Origin:
1945–50
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Flux gate is always a great word to know.
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pertaining to a mass of radioactive material in which the rate of a chain reaction increases with time
the magnitude of an electric field at a point equal to the force that would be exerted on a small unit charge placed at the point
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