"Magnet" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
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.
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Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which …
Read the complete definitionAn oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is …
Read the complete definitionFormerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.
Read the complete definitionA tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and …
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