field magnet
English
Etymology
First attested in 1878.[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: fēld′ măg′nĭt
- (contemporary Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfiːld maɡ.nɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌfild mæɡ.nɪt/
- (General Australian, conservative Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfiːld mæɡ.nɪt/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌfiːld mɛɡ.nət/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌfild maɡ.nɪt/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˌfiːlɖ maɡ.nɪʈ/
- Hyphenation: field mag‧net
Noun
field magnet (plural field magnets)
See also
References
- ^ “field magnet, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “field magnet”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “field magnet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.