ELECTRO-MAGNET

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 32

n. E-leak"tro-maag'neat. Fr., electro aim ant. Ger., Electromagnet. It., elettrocalamita. Sp., electroimdn. A piece of soft iron rendered magnetic so long as an electrical current is pa ed through a coil of wire surrounding it. [B, 21 (a, 27).] [s. 672]