Look up: Magnet

1. magnet
   [n] - a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
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2. Magnet
   A simple permanent magnet like a bar magnet has two poles, called 'North' and 'South'. Like poles repel and unlike poles attract. A magnet sets up a magnetic field in three dimensions around itself. Field lines can be drawn to try to represent this magnetic field. The arrows on a field line point fr...
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3. magnet
   a metal that has the property of attracting ferrous and certain other metals to it.
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4. Magnet
   A magnet is a device that produces a magnetic field. Wires carrying electrical current produce magnetic fields which are circular around the wire. When wires are wound into a coil these are called electro-magnets. Another type of magnet is a permanent magnet in which an atoms in the material produce...
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5. Magnet
   Destroyer class [AH]
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6. magnet
   a body or device possessing or intended to possess an external magnetic field Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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7. Magnet
   Mag'net (măg'nĕt) noun [ Middle English magnete , Old French magnete , Latin magnes , - etis , Greek Magnh^tis li`qos a magnet, metal that looked like silver, prop., Magnesian stone, from Greek Ma...
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8. magnet
   1. The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; called also natural magnet. 'Dinocrates began to make the arched roof of the temple of Arsinoe all ...
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9. magnet
   noun (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
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10. magnet
    (mag´nәt) an object having polarity (oppositely charged ends) and capable of attracting iron.
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11. Magnet
    • (n.) The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet. • (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the pec...
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12. magnet
    any material capable of attracting iron and producing a magnetic field outside itself. By the end of the 19th century all the known elements and ... [18 related articles]
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13. magnet
    magnet 1. An object that is surrounded by a magnetic field and that has the property, either natural or induced, of attracting iron or steel. 2. An object made of iron oxide or steel which attracts iron and has polarity. 3. An electromagnet. 4. A person, a place, an object, or a situation that ex...
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14. Magnet
    HMS Magnet (formerly the Barnsley) was a British Bayonet Class boom defence vessel of 530 tons displacement launched in 1938. HMS Magnet had a top speed of 11.5 knots and was armed with a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun.
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15. Magnet
    Magnet is a nutty-tasting premium bitter from the John Smith's brewery, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.
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16. magnet
    device intended to produce an external magnetic field
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17. magnet
    device intended to produce an external magnetic field
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18. magnet
    magnet: see electromagnet; magnetism.
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19. Magnet
    A magnet is a piece of one of the so-called ferromagnetic materials which has been magnetized, that is to say it has acquired, either permanently or temporarily, the power of attracting or repelling other pieces of similar material and of exerting a mechanical force on a neighbouring conductor carrying an electric current.
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20. magnet
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mag′net Definitions: 1. A body that has the property of attracting particles of iron, cobalt, nickel, or various other metallic alloys and that, when freely suspended, tends to assume a definite direction between the magnetic poles of the Earth (magnetic polarity). 2....
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21. magnet
    Any object that possesses a magnetic field (displays magnetism), either permanently or temporarily through induction, causing it to attract materials such as iron, cobalt, nickel, and alloys of these. It always has two magnetic poles, called north and south. A device that generates a magnetic field b...
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22. Magnet
    A body that attracts ferromagnetic materials. Can be a Permanent magnet, Temporary Magnet, or Electromagnet.
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23. Magnet
    A `magnet` (from Greek , "Magnesian stone") 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, and attracts or repels o...
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24. Magnet
    (musician) `Magnet` is the pseudonym of Norwegian singer-songwriter `Even Johansen` (born 7 June 1970, Bergen, Norway). To date, he has released four full-length studio albums as well as several singles and EPs. Johansen draws upon many influences, including folk, pop, and electronica. His al...
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25. Magnet
    (band) `Magnet` were a band formed for the purpose of recording the soundtrack to the 1973 film The Wicker Man. The band were assembled by musician Gary Carpenter (the film`s Associate Musical Director) to perform songs composed by New York songwriter Paul Giovanni. Originally under th...
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