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Electromagnet

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Noun

1. electromagnet

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

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Electromagnet

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noun
a magnet consisting of an iron or steel core wound with a coil of wire, through which a current is passed

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Electromagnet

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noun
a soft iron or steel core surrounded by a coil of wire, that temporarily becomes a magnet when an electric current flows through the wire

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Electromagnet

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n.
A magnet consisting essentially of a coil of insulated wire wrapped around a steel or iron core that is magnetized only when current flows through the wire.

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