electromagnet
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1. a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | magnet, |
| definition | : | (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | magnetic head, |
| definition | : | an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | armature, |
| definition | : | coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | electric bell, |
| definition | : | a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | electrical relay, relay, |
| definition | : | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit (noun.artifact) |
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