permanent magnet

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   a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field

   Synonymsstatic magnet

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Questions about permanent magnet

What does permanent magnet mean?

permanent magnet means "a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field".

What is another word for permanent magnet?

Close synonyms include static magnet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is permanent magnet a common word?

permanent magnet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.