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Magnet

//ˈmæɡnɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
  2. 2
    (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field wordnet
  3. 3
    An alluring or attractive person or thing. figuratively, in-compounds, informal, often

    "He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet."

  4. 4
    a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts wordnet
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of magnet link. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling^([sic]) it together."

Etymology

From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.

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