magnet
- 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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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmæɡnət/
Etymology
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.
Related words
attracter
attractive feature
magnetized iron
magnetic-iron
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مغناطيس
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