Meaning | (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field. |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
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Parts | core | A bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
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pole, magnetic pole | One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated |
Narrower | bar magnet | A magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end |
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electromagnet | A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core |
field magnet | A magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor |
magnetic needle | A slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction |
paramagnet | magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it |
permanent magnet, static magnet | A magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field |
solenoid | A coil of wire around an iron core |
Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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Spanish | imán |
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Catalan | imant |
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Adjectives | magnetic | having the properties of a magnet |
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magnetic | determined by earth's magnetic fields |
magnetic | capable of being magnetized |
magnetic | of or relating to or caused by magnetism |
Verbs | magnetize, magnetise | make magnetic |
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magnetize | attract strongly, as if with a magnet |