ELECTROMAGNET

Pronunciation (US):

• ELECTROMAGNET (noun)
  The noun ELECTROMAGNET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ELECTROMAGNET used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTROMAGNET (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electromagnet" is a kind of...):

magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)

Meronyms (parts of "electromagnet"):

armature (coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electromagnet"):

magnetic head (an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface a later retrieved)

Holonyms ("electromagnet" is a part of...):

electric bell (a bell activated by the magnetic effect of an electric current)

electrical relay; relay (electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit)