field magnet

English

Etymology

First attested in 1878.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

field magnet (plural field magnets)

  1. (electromagnetism) A magnet used to produce a magnetic field in a device.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ field magnet, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ field magnet”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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