magnetotellurics

noun

A natural-source, electromagnetic geophysical method of imaging structures below the Earth's surface.

OriginEnglish telluric ← Middle English magnete ← Latin magnēs →
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Meanings

nounmagnetotellurics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegeographyA natural-source, electromagnetic geophysical method of imaging structures below the Earth's surface.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  3. Old Frenchmagnete
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  5. Latinmagnēs
  6. Middle Englishmagnete
  7. Englishmagnet
  8. Englishmagnet-
  9. Englishmagneto-
  10. Englishtelluric
  11. Englishmagnetotellurics

From magneto- + telluric.

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Translations

German Magnetotellurik
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APA

magnetotellurics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetotellurics

MLA

“magnetotellurics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetotellurics. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magnetotellurics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetotellurics.

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