Definition of Magnit
Magnet, the name given to loadstone as first discovered in Magnesia,
a town in Asia Minor; also to a piece of iron, nickel, or cobalt having
similar properties, notably the power of setting itself in a definite
direction; also a coil of wire carrying an electric current, because such
a coil really possesses the properties characteristic of an iron magnet.
- Wikipedia
Mag"net (măg"n&ebreve;t), n.
[OE. magnete, OF. magnete, L. magnes, -
etis, Gr. Magnh^tis li`qos a magnet, metal that looked
like silver, prop., Magnesian stone, fr. Gr. Magnhsi`a, a
country in Thessaly. Cf. Magnesia, Manganese.]
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 Arsinoë all of magnet, or this loadstone.
Holland.
Two magnets, heaven and earth, allure to
bliss,
The larger loadstone that, the nearer this.
Dryden.
2. (Physics) 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.
&fist; An artificial magnet, produced by the action of a voltaic
or electrical battery, is called an electro-magnet.
Field magnet (Physics & Elec.), a
magnet used for producing and maintaining a magnetic field; -- used
especially of the stationary or exciting magnet of a dynamo or
electromotor in distinction from that of the moving portion or
armature.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MAGNET, n. Something acted upon by magnetism.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- (informal, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
He's always in the company of women — he's a bit of a babe magnet.
German
- magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
Swedish
- magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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