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ELECTROMAGNET

\ɪlˌɛktɹə͡ʊmˈaɡnɪt], \ɪlˌɛktɹə‍ʊmˈaɡnɪt], \ɪ_l_ˌɛ_k_t_ɹ_əʊ_m_ˈa_ɡ_n_ɪ_t]\

Definitions of ELECTROMAGNET

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A core of soft iron magnetized by electricity passing through a coil of wire around it.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A core, as of soft Iron, made magnetic by the passage of an electric current through a surrounding coil of wire, and losing its magnetism when the current ceases.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A piece of soft iron rendered magnetic so long as an electrical current is passed through a coil of wire surrounding it.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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