aeromagnetic

[air-oh-mag-net-ik]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or based on an aerial survey of the earth's magnetic field.

   an aeromagnetic map.

Other Word Forms

• aeromagnetically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of aeromagnetic¹

First recorded in 1945–50; aero- + magnetic

Example Sentences

IBM’s Watson for the natural resources industry uses artificial intelligence to combine data such as government drill results and aeromagnetic surveys with historical visual data including hand drawn maps in a way that has not been done before.

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