| NOUN | artifact | electromagnet | a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core |
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| Sounds | ihleh.ktrowmae'gnaht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet. | |
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| Part of | electric bell | A bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current |
| relay, electrical relay | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch ... / switch on and off a current in a second circuit | |
| Parts | armature | coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field |
| Narrower | magnetic head | An electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved |
| Broader | magnet | (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
| Spanish | electroimán | |
| Catalan | electroimant | |
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