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magnetize

[ mag-ni-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

magnetized, magnetizing.
  1. to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
  2. to exert an attracting or compelling influence upon:

    The evangelist's oratory magnetized his listeners.

  3. Archaic. to mesmerize.


magnetize

/ ˈæɡɪˌٲɪ /

verb

  1. to make (a substance or object) magnetic
  2. to attract strongly
  3. an obsolete word for mesmerize
“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

magnetize

/ ăĭ-ī′ /

  1. To cause an object to become temporarily or permanently magnetic. For example, an unmagnetized object made of ferromagnetic material consists of molecules that are magnetic but randomly aligned, producing no net magnetic field; exposure to a magnetic field causes the molecules to align themselves with the field, producing their own net field, so that the object as a whole becomes magnetized.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱˌ, noun
  • ˌԱˈ, adjective
  • ˌԱپˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • n·e noun
  • ԴDz·n· adjective
  • ·n· verb (used with object) remagnetized remagnetizing
  • ܲ·n· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of magnetize1

First recorded in 1775–85; magnet + -ize
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A nearby, highly magnetized white dwarf could accelerate those particles to near–light speeds.

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“I learned to temper my thoughts, embrace gratefulness, give myself grace, pour into myself to be available for others and magnetize the positive into manifested results,” he wrote.

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"We apply an oscillating field to reset the magnetization, then apply a strong magnetic field to the cilia which allows us to magnetize the microparticles in a new direction."

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Scientists believe the environment immediately surrounding a black hole is tumultuous, featuring hot magnetized gas that spirals in a disk at tremendous speeds and temperatures.

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High sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster.

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