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  • noun Plural form of magnetometer.

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Examples

  • When you walk in the door, you face one of the magnetometers, which is normal of just about every federal courthouse in the country, certainly the Oklahoma City case, which is pending right now with Timothy McVeigh -- but that's a digression.

    CNN Transcript May 29, 2001 2001

  • While the likes of Norman Scott talk about using state-of-the-art technology such as magnetometers and sub-bottom profilers, I have only my snorkelling mask.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • The vast crowd must be channeled through a narrow entrance way, guided through the magnetometers, and into the fields of the Midway Plaisance, as the park is known.

    Ray Suarez: At Home in Chicago, Obama Rally a Far Cry From Democrats' 2008 Triumphs Ray Suarez 2010

  • While police officers formerly protected federal buildings, the agency now uses a core cadre of 1,200 sworn federal officers or "inspectors" to oversee a small army of about 13,000 private security guards who man the X-ray machines and magnetometers at building entrances.

    Director takes blame over lax security at federal buildings 2009

  • The vast crowd must be channeled through a narrow entrance way, guided through the magnetometers, and into the fields of the Midway Plaisance, as the park is known.

    Ray Suarez: At Home in Chicago, Obama Rally a Far Cry From Democrats' 2008 Triumphs Ray Suarez 2010

  • Full-body scanners are now in use at more than 80 U.S. airports and are destined for all domestic air terminals as the primary screening method, replacing magnetometers.

    Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? Lyle Denniston 2011

  • Several thousand more were lined five and six deep on the other side of the security fence, turned away from the magnetometers at the entrance to the hangar when the Secret Service informed the organizers the facility had been filled to capacity.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Several thousand more were lined five and six deep on the other side of the security fence, turned away from the magnetometers at the entrance to the hangar when the Secret Service informed the organizers the facility had been filled to capacity.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Also, there will be 100 magnetometers — like those in use at airports — to detect metal objects.

    Obama adviser confident in Super Bowl security 2010

  • Several thousand more were lined five and six deep on the other side of the security fence, turned away from the magnetometers at the entrance to the hangar when the Secret Service informed the organizers the facility had been filled to capacity.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

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