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Definition of Electromagnets

1. electromagnet [n] - See also: electromagnet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electromagnets

Literary usage of Electromagnets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"Electromagnets are used in practice for various duties, particularly for exerting mechanical ... Electromagnets are also widely used as relays for closing ..."

2. Practical Electricity by Terrell Croft (1917)
"The Most Important Application of Electromagnets is for the field coils of ... Practical applications of electromagnets. Electromagnets are used to produce ..."

3. The Electromagnet, and Electromagnetic Mechanism by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1891)
"In some cases the electromagnets or their armatures may be actually united together by ... 135, where two electromagnets are hinged together at one end, ..."

4. A Text-book of Physics by Exum Percival Lewis, Charles Elwood Mendenhall, Albert Pruden Carman, Robert Kenning McClung, William Hallock (1912)
"Electromagnets.—A coil of insulated wire around an iron core forms an ... Electromagnets are used instead of permanent magnets, (a) where very strong fields ..."

5. Electrical Papers by Oliver Heaviside (1894)
"ON Electromagnets, ETC. [Jour. Soc. Tel. ting., 1878, vol. vii., p. 303.] 1. ... The resistance of electromagnets to obtain the greatest magnetic force from ..."

6. Principles of Electrical Design: D. C. and A. C. Generators by Alfred Still (1916)
"CR UNDERHILL'S book on electromagnets.1 There are many matters of interest, such as the means of obtaining quick, or slow, action in magnets; equalizing the ..."

7. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1911)
"By AIEE THE ECONOMICAL DESIGN OF DIRECT-CURRENT Electromagnets RY R. WIKANDER . ... The following fundamental formulas apply to all types of electromagnets. ..."

8. Natural Philosophy for General Readers and Young Persons by Adolphe Ganot, Edmund Atkinson (1872)
"Electromagnets are bars of soft iron which, under the influence of a voltaic current, ... The electromagnets have the horse-shoe form, as shown in fig. ..."

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