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Definitions: Electromagnet |
ElectromagnetNoun1. A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | A temporary magnet formed by winding a coil of wire round a soft iron core and passing an electric current through the coil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A device for handling magnetic materials. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A magnet which requires current to maintain its field. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Space | A magnet powered by an electric current. Usually the current flows in a coil, which may or may not contain a core of iron or of some other magnetic material. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is induced by the flow of an electric current through a coil of wire. The magnetic field disappears when the flow of electricity is stopped.
Electromagnets have at least two advantages over permanent magnets:
The operation of an electromagnet is one aspect of electromagnetism.
One unusual use of an AC electromagnet is that it can be used to repair the damage to a cathode ray tubes screen caused by bringing a magnet next to them. The damage is caused by a magnet magnetizing pieces of iron (or whatever) inside the screen so the bend the path of the electrons distorting the image. The rapidly reversing polarity of an AC electromagnet will leave the magnetic domains of the screen in random directions, thus making them cancel out. This procedure is known as degaussing. Of course, you should never take a magnet next to a computer monitor in the first place.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Electromagnet."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Recession | Lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite; electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Electromagnet |
| English words defined with "electromagnet": dynamo ♦ magnetic head. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "electromagnet": armature of an electromagnet ♦ car unloader, CAR-DUMPER OPERATOR, CRUSHER TENDER ♦ DROP TESTER ♦ flash box ♦ guard magnet ♦ lifting magnet ♦ magnetic hoist, MAGNET-VALVE ASSEMBLER, MOTOR POLARIZER ♦ nuclear resonance magnetometer ♦ ore crusher ♦ protecting magnet ♦ Solenoid Valve ♦ vibrating screen. (references) |
| "Electromagnet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Electromagnet" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "electromagnet": armature of an electromagnet. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
electromagnet | 104 |
electromagnet make | 16 |
build electromagnet | 9 |
control electromagnet | 9 |
electromagnet suspended | 8 |
electromagnet making | 4 |
design electromagnet | 3 |
electromagnet use | 3 |
electromagnet picture | 3 |
electromagnet wave | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "electromagnet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الكهرطيس المغناطيس الكهربائي. (various references) | |
Danish | elektromagnet (electro-magnet), løftemagnet (lifting magnet). (various references) | |
Dutch | elektromagneet (electro-magnet), elektrische hijsmagneet (lifting magnet), hefmagneet (electro-magnet, lifting magnet). (various references) | |
Finnish | sähkömagneetti, nostomagneetti (lifting magnet). (various references) | |
French | électro-aimant (electro-magnet). (various references) | |
German | elektromagnet (electro-magnet). (various references) | |
Greek | ηλεκτρομαγνήτησ, ηλεκτρομαγνήτης ανύψωσης (lifting magnet), ηλεκτρομαγνήτης (electro-magnet). (various references) | |
Indonesian | elektromagnit. (various references) | |
Italian | elettromagnete. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 電磁石 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | で"じしゃく. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | electromagnetay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eletrolítico, electroíman de manejo (lifting magnet), electroíman (electro-magnet). (various references) | |
Russian | электромагнит. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | elektromagnet. (various references) | |
Spanish | electroimán. (various references) | |
Swedish | elektromagnet. (various references) | |
Ukranian | електромагніт (magnet). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "electromagnet": electromagnetic, electromagnetically, electromagnetism, electromagnetisms, electromagnets. (additional references) | |
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"Electromagnet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elektromagnet, eletromagnet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "electromagnet" (pronounced ule'ktrōma"gnut) |
| 8 | -r ō m a" g n u t | ferromagnet. |
| 6 | -m a" g n u t | magnate, magnet. |
| 3 | -n u t | affectionate, alternate, baronet, Bennet, bicarbonate, bluebonnet, bonnet, cabinet, compassionate, coordinate, definite, diaconate, dispassionate, disproportionate, effeminate, extortionate, fortunate, garnet, geminate, granite, hornet, incarnate, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscriminate, infinite, innominate, inordinate, laminate, minute, obstinate, passionate, peanut, Pinot, planet, proportionate, rennet, senate, Sennet, sultanate, tenet, unfortunate, unit. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-l-m-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: camerlengo, coelentera, electorate, metacenter. | |
-4 letters: agreement, cattlemen, coeternal, entrecote, geomancer, latecomer, letterman, lettermen, lorgnette, neglecter, octameter, rectangle, relocatee, tegmental, teratogen, tolerance. | |
-5 letters: amelcorn, cameleer, carotene, cementer, cerement, corelate, cornmeal, cottager, ectomere, eglatere, electret, electron, elegance, elongate, emergent, enameler, etcetera, generate, geometer, greenlet, lamenter, lateener, mantelet, matelote, mergence, meterage, octangle, omelette, raclette, regelate, regental, relegate, relocate, teenager, tegmenta, telegram, telomere, tentacle, tercelet, tetragon, tolerant, tolerate, trecento. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-l-m-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: electromagnets. | |
+2 letters: electromagnetic, magnetoelectric. | |
+3 letters: electromagnetism. | |
+4 letters: electromagnetisms, electroretinogram. | |
+5 letters: electroretinograms. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)E l e c t r o m a g n e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0065 0063 0074 0072 006F 006D 0061 0067 006E 0065 0074 |
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