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Word: Magnet
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting lodestone): from Latin magnes, magnet-, from Greek magnēs lithos ‘lodestone’, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French magnete (from Latin magnes, magnet-)
ˈmaɡnɪt
a piece of iron or other material which has its component atoms so ordered that the material exhibits properties of magnetism, such as attracting other iron-containing objects or aligning itself in an external magnetic field.
Short Definition:piece of iron or other material which has its component atoms so ordered that material exhibits properties of magnetism
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