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to magnetize

to magnetize

8 5.9
To make something attract metal objects
  • verb
  • /ˈmæɡnəˌtaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : magnetizar
  • It's magnetized so it won't fall.
  • magnetized iron
  • magnetized gas

Thermal fluctuations within, and it doesn't magnetize.

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Examples

  • I have to go get this magnetized, because it wasn't magnetized properly.

  • I'm gonna try to magnetize the sword.

  • How about a home pod with a little cut out where you magnetize your iPhone?

  • Whereas if we magnetize the nail by putting it into a strong magnetic field, now it's quite strong or much stronger than it was.

  • The gravity plates on the soles of those boots are magnetized.

  • Today it's only an idea, but a magnetized target fusion propulsion system may someday enable rapid, affordable access to any point in the solar system.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Finally, the palette magnetizes to the press frame and the screens are firmly secured with two clamps.

  • When we magnetize the iron pin, it can pick up paperclips and other small metal objects.

  • To test the experiment, we will magnetize the metal rod using an electric current.

  • You can magnetize a screwdriver by stroking it in one direction with a magnet.

Antonyms

to demagnetize
  • Specialized
2 7.4

To remove magnetism from something so it is not magnetic, for example erasing data on a disk

How Magnetized

to magnetize
  • Specialized
8 5.9
to demagnetize
  • Specialized
2 7.4

Surface Forms

magnetize infinitive
magnetized past
magnetized past participle
magnetizing present participle
magnetizes third person singular

Morphology

magnetize = magnet (transparent) = magnet + ize

Standard verb formation: adding '-ize' to the noun 'magnet' yields the literal meaning 'to make magnetic.'

Etymology

Magnetize comes from magnet, a word linked to Magnesia where people found stones that 'pull' iron, and the ending -ize, which means 'to make'. So to magnetize something is to 'make' it magnetic or give it the power to pull metal.