How to Use magnetometer in a Sentence

magnetometer

noun
  • Zhurong also has a magnetometer, the first ever sent to Mars on a rover.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 14 May 2021
  • There are heavy weapons teams posted all over the venue, along with magnetometers to check spectators.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • All attendees will go through a magnetometer with their keys, phones, and other items.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
  • These sections can be read by any standard magnetometer, even the one built into most smartphones.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Those wishing to attend the events will need to pass through magnetometers and bag-checks, officials said.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Those wishing to attend the events will need to pass through magnetometers and bag-checks, officials said.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • The magnetometer and gravimeter go where radar and laser can’t penetrate, beneath the ocean and down to the bedrock.
    — TIME.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • There was no checking of IDs ever, not even at the point of the magnetometers.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And these were just the people who submitted to going through a magnetometer.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The apps use a magnetometer to measure the magnetic field when your phone is placed near metal objects.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 30 Mar. 2023
  • There is also a magnetometer that will measure and map any remnants of a magnetic field.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Beresheet itself carries a magnetometer to study the moon's magnetism.
    — Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2019
  • Only ticketholders were allowed to pass through magnetometers to get to that point.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • At least one instrument, the magnetometer, is working well enough to do science.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 6 July 2014
  • The probe will deploy a magnetometer on a mast, as well as electrodes from each other the lander's four corners.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • All visitors are screened by a magnetometer and their belongings screened by an x-ray machine.
    — CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
  • All three teams will launch their devices, known as magnetometers, in CubeSats.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Tests in deserts on Earth have shown how magnetometers are able to tell you whether there is water at depth, Brain explains.
    — Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Manson searched with divers and hired a vessel with an on-board magnetometer to locate the missing piece, but days later it hadn’t been found.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • The stadium employs the use of walk-through magnetometers to complete the screening process.
    — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The area was fenced and visitors had to go through magnetometers to enter, but the mood in the morning was relaxed and festive.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Side scan is often paired with a magnetometer, which responds to the presence of iron and measures magnetic forces.
    — Darren Incorvaia, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Everyone must pass through a magnetometer for entry.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • All attendees will go through a magnetometer with their keys, phones and other items, according to the website.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Counter-snipers and magnetometers are being deployed as part of the security plan.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • These requests involved things such as magnetometers or a larger number of personnel to screen guests.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 21 July 2024
  • These variances, recorded by a magnetometer, can be correlated to a map of the planet.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2020
  • As part of the screening process, Hall was told to take all metal items out of his pockets before passing through the magnetometer.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 11 May 2018
  • Seconds later, the man identified as Allen sprints out that door and through one of the magnetometers with the shotgun.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • From this, the Cassini magnetometer team inferred that Enceladus must be a source of ionized gas.
    — Dan Reisenfeld, Smithsonian, 24 Apr. 2017

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