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compound magnet

noun

  1. a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.

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In the compound magnet we have the effect of a thick magnet practically magnetized through and through.

When several thin steel magnets are riveted together, a compound magnet is formed.

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