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1. (n.) magnet
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
2. magnet
a thing or person that attracts.
Etymology: (1400–50; < OF < L magnēt-, s. of magnēs < Gk for (hē) Mágnēs (líthos) (the stone) of Magnesia)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) magnet
(physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
2. (noun) attraction, attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
"flowers are an attractor for bees"
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1. (noun) magnet
a metal object that attracts other metal objects containing iron to it
The box fastens using magnets.
2. magnet
sb or sth that attracts people of a particular type
a blog that is a magnet for liberal political thinkers; He's a real girl magnet.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Magnet
the loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet
2. (noun) Magnet
a bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Magnet
the name given to loadstone as first discovered in Magnesia, a town in Asia Minor; also to a piece of iron, nickel, or cobalt having similar properties, notably the power of setting itself in a definite direction; also a coil of wire carrying an electric current, because such a coil really possesses the properties characteristic of an iron magnet.
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Magnet
A body which tends when suspended by its centre of gravity to lay itself in a definite direction, and to place a definite line within it, its magnetic axis, q. v., in a definite direction, which, roughly speaking, lies north and south. The same bodies have the power of attracting iron (Daniell), also nickel and cobalt.
Magnets are substances which possess the power of attracting iron. (Ganot.)
[Transcriber's note: Edward Purcell and others have explained magnetic and electromagnetic phenomenon as relativistic effects related to electrostatic attraction. Magnetism is caused by Lorentz contraction of space along the direction of a current. Electromagnetic waves are caused by charge acceleration and the resulting disturbance of the electrostatic field. (Electricity and Magnetism: Berkeley Physics Course Volume 2, 1960)]
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Sense: a piece of iron, or of certain other materials, that attracts or repels other pieces of iron etc.
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 Afrikaans: magneet |
 Arabic: مِغْنَطيس |
 Bulgarian: магнит |
 Brazilian: imã |
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 Farsi: اهنربا |
 Finnish: magneetti |
 French: aimant |
 Hebrew: מַגנֵט |
 Hindi: चुम्बक |
 Croatian: magnet |
 Hungarian: mágnes |
 Indonesian: magnet |
 Icelandic: segull, segulstál |
 Italian: calamita |
 Japanese: 磁石 |
 Korean: 자석 |
 Lithuanian: magnetas |
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 Thai: แม่เหล็ก |
 Turkish: mıknatıs |
 Taiwanese: 磁鐵 |
 Ukrainian: магніт |
 Urdu: مقناطیس |
 Vietnamese: nam châm |
 Chinese: 磁铁 |
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