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electromagnet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun electromagnet has 1 sense
- electromagnet(n = noun.artifact) - a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet; has parts: armature
is a part of electric bell, electrical relay, relay
is a kind of magnet
has particulars: magnetic head
OXFORD DICTIONARY
electromagnet, n. a soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
Derivative
electromagnetically adv.
ROGET THESAURUS
electromagnet
Attraction
N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.
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