Associations to the word «Electromagnet»

Wiktionary

ELECTROMAGNET, noun. A magnet which attracts metals only when electrically activated

Dictionary definition

ELECTROMAGNET, noun. A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats