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magnet

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(Inglese)

A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
(figuratively, in-compounds, informal, often) An alluring or attractive person or thing.
(Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of magnet link.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmæɡnət/

Ereditato da inglese medio

magnete

In summary

From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“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 colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.