Meaning

1 senses
  1. A magnet used to produce a magnetic field in a device.

    a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor

Examples

2 sentences
  1. In other words, the field of the magnet is near the pigeon's head.

    deMit anderen Worten, das Magnetfeld ist nahe beim Kopf der Taube. — Zaghawa

  2. Do not place the console close to magnetic fields produced by magnets or loudspeakers.

    ruНе размещайте приставку рядом с магнитами или звуковыми колонками, генерирующими магнитное поле. — Lathean

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Origin

First attested in 1878.

First attested in 1878.

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Forms

plural: field magnets
Singularfield magnet
Pluralfield magnets

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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