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 piece of metal or iron having the majority of its molecules aligned in the same direction, causing an attractive force, or a magnetic field, to occur
A magnet is a piece of iron or other material which attracts iron towards it. a fridge magnet. Any material capable of attracting iron and producing a magnetic field outside itself. By the end of the 19th century, all known elements and many compounds had been tested for magnetism, and all were found to have some magnetic property. However, only three elements iron, nickel, and cobalt exhibit ferromagnetism. See also compass, electromagnet
Any material that has a permanent magnetic field There are plastic magnets like refrigerator magnets, ceramic magnets (usually black), and rare earth magnets (which usually look like metal) Magnets have a north pole and a south pole The north pole of a magnet is the one that attracts the south compass pointer
A device which has the ability to attract or repel pieces of iron or other magnetic material Speaker magnets provide a stationary magnetic field so that when the coil produces magnetic energy, it is either repelled or attracted by the stationary magnet 2
Powerful ceramic magnets provide the stationary field that causes the ferrite material to exhibit circulator properties Typically a pair of magnets is placed either side of the ferrite components
A device that can attract or repel pieces of iron or other magnetic materials Speaker magnets provide a stationary magnetic field so that when the coil produces magnetic energy, it is either repelled or attracted by the stationary magnet
If you say that something is a magnet or is like a magnet, you mean that people are very attracted by it and want to go to it or look at it. Prospect Park, with its vast lake, is a magnet for all health freaks
A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet
Specifically, a body possessing the property of attracting to itself particles of iron More generally, a material capable of maintaining within and about itself a field of magnetic force
A piece of ferromagnetic material having a North Pole and South Pole, with magnetic flux emanating from the North Pole and terminating at the South Pole The elemental magnet is called a bar magnet
mag·net·ize magnetizes magnetizing magnetized in BRIT, also use magnetise If you magnetize something, you make it magnetic. Make a Mobius strip out of a ribbon of mild steel and magnetise it. a small metal chessboard with magnetized playing pieces