Definitions for magnets
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1. magnets

   A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc. and attracts or repels other magnets. A permanent magnet is an object made from a material that is magnetized and creates its own persistent magnetic field. An everyday example is a refrigerator magnet used to hold notes on a refrigerator door. Materials that can be magnetized, which are also the ones that are strongly attracted to a magnet, are called ferromagnetic (or ferrimagnetic). These include the elements iron, nickel and cobalt and their alloys, some alloys of rare-earth metals, and some naturally occurring minerals such as lodestone. Although ferromagnetic (and ferrimagnetic) materials are the only ones attracted to a magnet strongly enough to be commonly considered magnetic, all other substances respond weakly to a magnetic field, by one of several other types of magnetism. Ferromagnetic materials can be divided into magnetically "soft" materials like annealed iron, which can be magnetized but do not tend to stay magnetized, and magnetically "hard" materials, which do. Permanent magnets are made from "hard" ferromagnetic materials such as alnico and ferrite that are subjected to special processing in a strong magnetic field during manufacture to align their internal microcrystalline structure, making them very hard to demagnetize. To demagnetize a saturated magnet, a certain magnetic field must be applied, and this threshold depends on coercivity of the respective material. "Hard" materials have high coercivity, whereas "soft" materials have low coercivity. The overall strength of a magnet is measured by its magnetic moment or, alternatively, the total magnetic flux it produces. The local strength of magnetism in a material is measured by its magnetization. An electromagnet is made from a coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current passes through it but stops being a magnet when the current stops. Often, the coil is wrapped around a core of "soft" ferromagnetic material such as mild steel, which greatly enhances the magnetic field produced by the coil.

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1. Magnets

   Magnets was The Vapors' second album, released in 1981.

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1. magnets

   Plural form of magnet.

   Magnets are used in a variety of instruments for various purposes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 8, 2016  

How to pronounce magnets?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say magnets in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of magnets in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of magnets in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of magnets in a Sentence

1. Ron Zuckerman:

   I can give you this floppy thing like a necklace that's just wiggling -around and you can actually fold it, all of a sudden the helical folds start to become stable because all the magnets line up.

2. Jenna Wheeler:

   The concern with swallowing these toys is that the intestines can become twisted and pinched between the magnets, which can cut off blood flow to the intestines, if that segment of the intestines dies, it may need to be removed. And if not caught early enough, it could even lead to death.

3. President Barack Obama:

   Guantanamo continues to be one of the key magnets for jihadi recruitment.

4. Brothers Johnson:

   When I went to the session with 'Billie Jean,' I took like 10 basses and I lined 'em up. I'd say, 'Michael, pick one,' he'd pick one with the zebra wood on it. It had 12 different kinds of wood, different layers. It was dark brown and tan and light-colored, and it looked like a tiger or a zebra. Michael picked it because it sounded good. I hot-rodded it. I beefed it up and put extra magnets underneath the pickups. I did all the things I knew how to do to get the best sound. That's how come the bass sounded like that.

5. Tom Dart:

   They always have been magnets for crime, we’re going to another house a few blocks away where a young girl was raped just a short time ago.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnets
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=magnets