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mag·net Audio Help (māg'nĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

An object that is surrounded by a magnetic field and that has the property, either natural or induced, of attracting iron or steel.
An electromagnet.
A person, a place, an object, or a situation that exerts attraction.

[Middle English, from Old French magnete, from Latin magnēs, magnēt-, from Greek Magnēs (lithos), Magnesian (stone), magnet, from Magnēsiā, Magnesia, an ancient city of Asia Minor.]

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magnet Audio Help (māg'nĭt) Pronunciation Key
A material or object that produces a magnetic field. Lodestones are natural magnets, though many materials, especially metals, can be made into magnets by exposing them to a magnetic field. See also electromagnet , ferromagnetism , magnetic pole. See Note at magnetism.

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