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fluxgate

fluxgate noun: any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.

Noun

fluxgate (plural fluxgates)

  1. Any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.

Forms of fluxgate

pluralfluxgates

Origin of fluxgate

From flux + gate.

Questions about fluxgate

What does fluxgate mean?
Fluxgate means any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.
What part of speech is fluxgate?
Fluxgate is a noun.
What is the plural of fluxgate?
The plural of fluxgate is fluxgates.

Words near fluxgate in the dictionary

  1. fluxbranes
  2. fluxed
  3. fluxer
  4. fluxers
  5. fluxes
  6. fluxgate
  7. fluxgates
  8. fluxibility
  9. fluxible
  10. fluxibleness
  11. fluxile

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