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2025
electromagnet
electromagnet
English
Noun
electromagnet
(
plural
electromagnets
)
A
magnet
which attracts metals only when electrically activated
Translations
magnet
Chinese: 電磁體, 电磁体
Czech:
elektromagnet
m
Dutch:
elektromagneet
(nl)
f
Finnish:
sähkömagneetti
(fi)
French:
électro-aimant
(fr)
m
German:
Elektromagnet
(de)
n
Greek:
ηλεκτρομαγνήτης
m
(
ilektromagnítis
)
Irish:
leictreamaighnéad
m
Italian:
elettromagnete
(it)
m
Japanese:
電磁石
Korean:
전자석
(ko)
(
jeonjaseok
)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
elektromagnet
m
Nynorsk:
elektromagnet
m
Portuguese:
eletroímã
m
Russian:
электромагни́т
(ru)
m
(
elektromagnít
)
Spanish:
electroimán
(es)
m
Swedish:
elektromagnet
(sv)
c
Tagalog:
dagitabalani
Thai:
แม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า
(
mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa
)
Urdu: برقناطیس (barqnatees)
m
See also
solenoid
Wikipedia article on electromagnets
Etymology
electro-
+
magnet
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