Synonyms for magnets
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mag-nit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nɪt |
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Définition of magnets
Origin :- mid-15c. (earlier magnes, late 14c.), from Old French magnete "magnetite, magnet, lodestone," and directly from Latin magnetum (nominative magnes) "lodestone," from Greek ho Magnes lithos "the Magnesian stone," from Magnesia, region in Thessaly where magnetized ore was obtained. Figurative use from 1650s. It has spread from Latin to most Western European languages (cf. German and Danish magnet, Dutch magneet, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese magnete), but it was superseded in French by aimant. Also cf. magnesia. Chick magnet attested from 1989.
- As in lure : noun bait
- As in inveiglement : noun lure
- It may possibly have come to your ears that magnets attract steel.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Tell him we're coming up, don't let him grab us with his magnets!
- Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
- He covered his desk with magnets, and mapped out their lines of force by compass.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- Behind it he placed on a shelf the apparatus composed of the pendulums and magnets.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- His eyes were drawn as with magnets toward the circles of flame.
- Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Then he turned on enough electricity to make the magnets active.
- Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting
- He was shown one of the magnets, which was about six inches long!
- Extract from : « The Recent Revolution in Organ Building » by George Laing Miller
- Lizette and Louisa drew together like two magnets, the instant they met.
- Extract from : « The Golden Dream » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Books, books,—magnets to which all iron minds move insensibly.
- Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It seemed as if these tiny islands were magnets drawing all the herons in the world.
- Extract from : « Edge of the Jungle » by William Beebe
Antonyms for magnets
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