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Electromagnet   /ɪlˌɛktroʊmˈægnət/   Listen
Electromagnet

noun
1.
A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet.





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"Electromagnet" Quotes from Famous Books



... be kept up in the pile. In fact, when the amplitude is sufficiently great to cause the style, s, to touch the plate, I, it will be seen that at such a moment the current no longer passes through the electromagnet, and the vibration is no longer maintained. The amplitude cannot exceed an extent which shall permit the style, s, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 • Various


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