ELECTROMAGNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electromagnet mean? 

• ELECTROMAGNET (noun)
  The noun ELECTROMAGNET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ELECTROMAGNET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROMAGNET (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)

 Context examples 

The basic movements of the material, shaped into films, sponges, and hydrogels, are induced by nearby permanent or electromagnets and can exhibit as bending, twisting, and expansion.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A member of the class of particle accelerator devices in which charged particles are accelerated electrically to high speeds while kept confined in a circular path by a strong electromagnet.

(Cyclotron, NCI Thesaurus)