[vair-ee-om-i-ter] 
| 1. | Electricity. an instrument for measuring inductance, consisting essentially of an inductor with two or more coils whose relative position may be changed to vary the inductance. |
| 2. | an instrument for indicating a change in a component of a magnetic field vector, esp. one related to the earth's magnetic field. |
| 3. | Aeronautics. an instrument that indicates the rate of climb or descent. |
| var·i·om·e·ter (vâr'ē-ŏm'ĭ-tər, vār'-) n. A variable inductor used to measure variations in terrestrial magnetism. |
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