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What is a gradiometer?

What is a gradiometer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) Any of several instruments used to measure the gradient of a physical property (such as magnetic field)
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The Grad601-2 dual gradiometer includes an adjustable harness which completely relieves the operator's arms whilst carrying the instrument.
The prototype version of the probe being used by the GSC, contains two sets of 3-component magnetometers and the application of borehole magnetic gradiometer measurements are also being investigated.
An experiment to test this was performed by M. V. Moody and H. J. Paik in California with a three-axis superconducting gravity gradiometer that measured the gradients of gravity in three perpendicular directions.
Geophysics GPR developed a new three-dimensional helicopter borne magnetic gradiometer for surveys with limited ground clearance.
The group was awarded funding from the university to purchase a fluxgate gradiometer to conduct the survey.
One such invention was the rotating cruciform gravity gradiometer mass detector, which measures Earth's subsurface mass variations or gravitational multipole moments.

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