magnet : Idioms & Phrases


Armed magnet

  • a magnet provided with an armature.
Webster 1913

bar magnet

  • noun a magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end
WordNet

electro-magnet

E*lec`tro-mag"net noun
Definitions
  1. A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.
Webster 1913

Field magnet

  • noun a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor
WordNet
  • . see under Magnet.
  • (Physics & Elec.), a magnet used for producing and maintaining a magnetic field; used especially of the stationary or exciting magnet of a dynamo or electromotor in distinction from that of the moving portion or armature.
Webster 1913

Horsehoe magnet

  • an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe.
Webster 1913

Keeper of a magnet

  • a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.
Webster 1913

moment of a magnet

  • noun the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field
    magnetic moment.
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permanent magnet

  • noun a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field
    permanent magnet.
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static magnet

  • noun a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field
    permanent magnet.
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To arm a magnet

  • to fit it with an armature.
Webster 1913