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magnet
1[ mag-nit ]
noun
- a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- a lodestone.
- a thing or person that attracts:
The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers.
magnet-
2- variant of magneto- before some vowels:
magneton.
magnet
/ ˈmæɡnɪt /
noun
- a body that can attract certain substances, such as iron or steel, as a result of a magnetic field; a piece of ferromagnetic substance See also electromagnet
- a person or thing that exerts a great attraction
magnet
/ măg′nĭt /
- A material or object that produces a magnetic field. Lodestones are natural magnets, though many materials, especially metals, can be made into magnets by exposing them to a magnetic field.
- See also electromagnetSee Note at magnetism
magnet
- An object that attracts iron and some other materials. Magnets are said to generate a magnetic field around themselves. Every magnet has two poles, called the north and south poles. Magnetic poles exert forces on each other in such a way that like poles repel and unlike poles attract each other. A compass is a small magnet that is affected by the magnetic field of the Earth in such a way that it points to a magnetic pole of the Earth. ( See magnetic field and magnetism .)
Other Words From
- counter·magnet noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of magnet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of magnet1
Example Sentences
In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.
Couple guided Stella as she crawled and dipped her chest to pick up each magnet.
Private schools have a way of being a magnet for scandals for the creepy, inappropriate adults who run them.
“New York kind of pulled me here like a magnet,” said Swift.
Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.
Moreover, he was suddenly obsessed with the belief that if he had greatness in him England alone held its magnet.
Four catch pins were fastened on the rim of the disk to engage a catch pin on the armature of the magnet.
The gong and commutator were removed and the magnet placed in the position shown in the sketch.
The doctrine now universally received, that the earth is a natural magnet, was originally an hypothesis of the celebrated Gilbert.
When the current is applied, the disk will revolve in a direction relative to the position of the poles on the magnet.
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