magnetization (magnet i zas hon)

[ II. in trans. To acquire magnetic properties; become magnetic: as, a bar of iron standing some time in an inclined position will mag netize. IMG:content-0073.png:[blocks in formation] [Short for magneto Also spelled magnetiser . magneto (mag'ne-tō), п. electrical machine .] A magneto-electric machine: as, a magneto -motor. S. P. Thompson , Dynamo-Elect. Mach., p. 368. magneto-. A combining form of magnet or mag netic, often implying especially magneto - electric. As applied to electric machines, it is used (in contradistinction to dynamo- ) to indicate that the magnetic fields involved are due to permanent magnets.