unifilar, a.
(juːnɪˈfaɪlə(r))
[f. uni- 1 + L. fīl-us thread: see -ar1.]
Of a magnetometer or other magnetic instrument: Having or suspended by a single thread or fibre.
| 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. xiv. 153 We had a good unifilar [magnetometer]. 1873 J. C. Maxwell Electr. & Magn. II. 119 The Unifilar Declinometer. 1879 Thomson & Tait Nat. Phil. I. i. §435 In the unifilar torsion-balance. |