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magnet definition

mag·net (mag′nit)

noun

  1. any piece of certain kinds of material, as iron, that has the property of attracting like material: this property may be permanent or temporarily induced
    see electromagnet
  2. a person or thing that attracts

Etymology: ME magnete < OFr < L magnes (gen. magnetis) < Gr Magnētis (lithos), (stone) of Magnesia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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