permanent magnet

Questions about permanent magnet

What is another word for permanent magnet?

It depends which permanent magnet you mean. In the sense “a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field”, the synonyms are static magnet. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of permanent magnet?

WordNet records no antonym for permanent magnet. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for permanent magnet come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of permanent magnet

• Full entry for permanent magnetAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for permanent magnetWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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