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magnet

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[ mag-nit ]

noun

  1. a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
  2. a lodestone.
  3. a thing or person that attracts:

    The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers.



magnet-

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  1. variant of magneto- before some vowels:

    magneton.

magnet

/ ˈæɡɪ /

noun

  1. 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
  2. a person or thing that exerts a great attraction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

magnet

/ ăĭ /

  1. 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.
  2. See also electromagnetSee Note at magnetism

magnet

  1. 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 .)
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲt·n noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of magnet1

1400–50; late Middle English magnete < Latin ŧٲ < Greek áŧٲ, accusative of áŧ, short for ( ŧ ) áŧ ( íٳDz ) (the stone) of Magnesia
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of magnet1

C15: via Latin from Greek ŧ, shortened from ho Magnēs lithos the Magnesian stone. See magnesia
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Players wanted to attend North Hollywood so badly that there was a joke that the school’s zoo magnet program had become filled with basketball players instead of future doctors or veterinarians.

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This is why the oceans have long been a magnet for libertarians hoping to flee governments, taxes and other people by creating their own sovereign micronations in international waters.

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But concern is shifting towards other potentially dangerous shiny objects, such as button batteries and magnets, which are now sometimes swallowed by children.

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Charles used a chunk of his money to travel the world and settled down with souvenir magnets cluttering every inch of his fridge.

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Imagine tiny bar magnets travelling through space that are in the correct north to south orientation so they are attracted to Earth's magnetic field.

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