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ELECTROMAGNET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electromagnet" is a kind of...):
magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)
Meronyms (parts of "electromagnet"):
armature (coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electromagnet"):
magnetic head (an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved)
Holonyms ("electromagnet" is a part of...):
electric bell (a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current)
electrical relay; relay (electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit)
