Magnet - English meaning

Magnet – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A piece of iron or other material which has its component atoms so ordered that the material exhibits properties of magnetism, such as attracting other iron-containing objects or aligning itself in an external magnetic field.
Usage examples:
Ferroelectric materials can create an electric field the way iron magnets create a magnetic field.
Synonims:
Lodestone Magnetite Field magnet Bar magnet Horseshoe magnet Transverse magnet Electromagnet Electret Solenoid Diamagnet Antiferromagnet Magnetoid Wiggler

noun
An object, esp. a piece of iron, that is able to attract iron and steel objects toward itself
Usage examples:
Magnets are used to attach the toy train’s cars to the engine., we use a refrigerator magnet (= sma…

Magnet translation into English

Magnet: translate from English into Chinese

磁铁, 磁体, 磁石

Magnet: translate from English into Dutch

Magneet, Magneet-, Aantrekkingskracht, Magneetstaaf

Magnet: translate from English into French

Aimant, Pôle d'attraction

Magnet: translate from English into German

Magnet

Magnet: translate from English into Hindi

चुंबक, चुम्बक, मक़नातीस, लोह-चुंबक, विशिष्ट जन

Magnet: translate from English into Italian

Magnete, Calamita

Magnet: translate from English into Korean

자석, 사람을 끄는 사람, 사람을 끄는 것

Magnet: translate from English into Russian

Магнит, Притягательная сила

Magnet: translate from English into Spanish

Imán

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting lodestone): from Latin magnes, magnet-, from Greek magnēs lithos ‘lodestone’, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French magnete (from Latin magnes, magnet- ).

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Magnet – similar words

magnetically

adverb
In a way that uses magnetism (= the power of being able to attract iron and steel objects)
Usage examples:
Steel can be extracted magnetically from waste, but only 10% of local authorities have the necessar…

Magnetically - all meanings in English

magnetic

adjective
Exhibiting or relating to magnetism.
Usage examples:
The clock has a magnetic back to stick to the fridge

adjective
A magnetic field is the area around a magnet that is affected by the power of the magnet.

Magnetic - all meanings in English

Magnet synonims

electret

noun
A permanently polarized piece of dielectric material, analogous to a permanent magnet.
Usage examples:
There are mini headphone and microphone jacks - the unit includes a pair of headphones with a tiny …

Electret - all meanings in English

electromagnet

noun
A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
Usage examples:
During braking, the metal wheels are exposed to a magnetic field from an electromagnet, generating …

noun
A device made from a piece of iron that becomes magnetic when a changing current is passed through the wire that goes around it

Electromagnet - all meanings in English

lodestone

noun
A piece of magnetite or other naturally magnetized mineral, able to be used as a magnet.
Usage examples:
Electromagnetic fields and radiation have, perhaps through their historical associations with magne…

noun
(a piece of) rock that contains a lot of iron and can therefore be used as a magnet (= an object that pulls metal objects towards it)

Lodestone - all meanings in English

magnetite

noun
A grey-black magnetic mineral which consists of an oxide of iron and is an important form of iron ore.
Usage examples:
The majority of the rhyolites are porphyritic and contain phenocrysts of one or more of the followi…

Magnetite - all meanings in English

magnetoid

noun
A hypothetical supermassive rotating body of magnetized plasma, postulated to account for the huge energy output of quasars.

Magnetoid - all meanings in English

solenoid

noun
A cylindrical coil of wire acting as a magnet when carrying electric current.
Usage examples:
In addition to motors, components such as transformers, solenoids, and large capacitors also create…

noun
A device consisting of a wire wrapped in the shape of a cylinder, which acts like a magnet when electricity goes through it

Solenoid - all meanings in English

wiggler

noun
A person or thing that wiggles or makes something wiggle.
Usage examples:
It's this number that marilyn does and she wasn't much of a dancer, she's just a wiggler.

Wiggler - all meanings in English

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