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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•net /ˈmægnɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Electricitya body, as a piece of iron or steel, that has the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- one that attracts:He's a magnet to women.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•net (mag′nit),USA pronunciation n. - Electricitya body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- Electricitya lodestone.
- a thing or person that attracts:The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers.
- Greek mágnēta, accusative of mágnēs, short for (hē) Mágnēs (líthos) (the stone) of Magnesia
- Latin magnēta
- late Middle English magnete 1400–50
- Electricityvar. of magneto- before some vowels:magneton.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: magnet /ˈmæɡnɪt/ n - a body that can attract certain substances, such as iron or steel, as a result of a magnetic field; a piece of ferromagnetic substance
See also electromagnet - a person or thing that exerts a great attraction
Etymology: 15th Century: via Latin from Greek magnēs, shortened from ho Magnēs lithos the Magnesian stone. See magnesia mag•ne•to /mægˈnitoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tos. - Electricitya small electric generator in which magnets provide the magnetic field:The magneto was dead and so the mobile phone wouldn't work.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•ne•to (mag nē′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos. [Elect.]- Electricitya small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling. Also called magne′toelec′tric gen′erator, magnetogenerator.
- short for magnetoelectric generator 1880–85
- Electricitya combining form representing magnetic or magnetism in compound words:magnetochemistry.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] magnet-. |