palaeomagnetistpaleomagnetistn.
/ˌpalɪəʊˈmaɡnᵻtɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈmaɡnᵻtɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈmæɡnədəst/ Geology.
An expert in or student of palaeomagnetism.
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geomagnetician1895
geomagnetist1903
magnetologist1910
palaeomagnetist1960
1960 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 71 763/2 The paleomagnetist would like to know if it is at all possible for a nonaxial dipole field to exist for a long period of time.
1981 Appl. Statistics 30 230 The palaeomagnetist is interested in determining the primary direction of magnetization at the time a given rock was formed.
1993 Sci. News 12 June 378/1 Laj and other paleomagnetists spent the decade roving the world, accumulating records of times when the magnetic field reversed itself, switching north pole for south and then back again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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