Magnetize
['mægnɪtaɪz] or ['mægnə'taɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make magnetic; 'The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings'.
(verb.) attract strongly, as if with a magnet; 'She magnetized the audience with her tricks'.
Typist: Pierce--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.
(v. t.) To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence.
(v. t.) To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.
Edited by Jacqueline
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Make magnetic.
Editor: Nettie
Examples
- Put a vision in front of one of these currents and you can magnetize it in that direction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The iron which is magnetized by the current passing around it is called the core. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Inasmuch, however, as there is nothing to hinder, current would flow from battery C through wire B, and the bar would therefore be magnetized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Steel is less affected than soft iron for the time, but remains permanently magnetized after the current ceases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Pedro