magnetite Definition
mag·net·ite (mag′nə tīt′)
magnetite Usage Examples
Converse of object
- contain: The pueblo contains magnetite, which makes it safe against the aliens.
- use: MISP will use magnetite from Phalaborwa, in South Africa, and natural gas from Pande, in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane.
- discover: Not only that, but quite recently a guy called Joseph Caltech discovered magnetite in humans.
- call: Needles were magnetized by stroking them with a lodestone, a lump of magnetic rock called magnetite.
Adjective modifier
biogenic: Research suggests that only biogenic magnetite grows in such 3D shapes.
Modifies a noun
- crystal: However the growth history of these magnetite crystals may also be present in the distribution of chemical species within the crystals.
- ore: The furnace was heated with charcoal and magnetite ore from Sullom was smelted for 24 hours.
- particle: This would tend to attract and carry along any magnetite dust particles encountered as it descended from the ionosphere.
Preposition: in
rock: This answer lies in the magnetite in volcanic rock.
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