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Re:Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate by c_o_n_v_e_x on Friday August 09, 2024 @03:05AM (#41199437)
All magnetic compasses are magnetometers, but not all magnetometers are compasses. Some magnetometers output absolute magnetic field strength (scalar) while vector magnetometers output heading and strength of a field.
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