magnet
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From the Greek μαγνήτης λίθος (magnítis líthos), magnesian stone.
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magnet (plural magnets)
- A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- (informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
- He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-magnet.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
- ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
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Terms derived from "magnet"
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piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism
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magnet m.
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magnet c. (plural: magneter, definite singular magneten, definite plural magneterna)
- magnet (piece of material that attracts metal by magnetism)

