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noun (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
noun a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
originFrom Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum…
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