magnet
English
Etymology
From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnetum (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).
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Noun
magnet (plural magnets)
- A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- (informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
- He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
- […] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
Derived terms
- babe magnet
- bar magnet
- chickmagnet
- chick magnet
- diamagnet
- electromagnet
- ferrimagnet
- ferromagnet
- fridge magnet
- helimagnet
- magnetarium
- magnetic
- magnetical
- magnetify
- magnetimeter
- magnetionic
- magnetise
- magnetism
- magnetite
- magnetize
- magnetlike
- magneto
- magnetod
- magnet school
- man magnet
- metamagnet
- micromagnet
- nanomagnet
- nonmagnet
- paramagnet
- permanent magnet
- speromagnet
Translations
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English magnet, from Old French magnete, Latin magnetum "lodestone" from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mag‧net
Czech
Etymology
Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις (magnêtis)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɡnɛt]
Related terms
- magič
- magneťák
- magnetický
- magnetismus
- magnetizovat
- magnetka
- magnetofon
- magnetosféra
- magnetoskop
- magnetovat
- elektromagnet
- elektromagnetický
- elektromagnetismus
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magneter, definite plural magnetene)
- a magnet
Derived terms
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
magnet m (definite singular magneten, indefinite plural magnetar, definite plural magnetane)
- a magnet
Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǎɡneːt/
- Hyphenation: mag‧net
Noun
màgnēt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀гне̄т)
- a magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)
Declension
Swedish
Declension
Declension of magnet | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | magnet | magneten | magneter | magneterna |
Genitive | magnets | magnetens | magneters | magneternas |
Related terms
- magnetisera
- magnetisk
- magnetisör