Dictionary Entry
electromagnet
electromagnet is a 13-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
13 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.
- 2noun
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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