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Noun: astatic galvanometer  ey'sta-tik,gal-vu'nó-mi-tu(r)
  1. Has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field
    "The physicist calibrated the astatic galvanometer before taking measurements"

Derived forms: astatic galvanometers

Type of: galvanometer

Encyclopedia: Astatic galvanometer