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Definition of Magnetize
1. Verb. Make magnetic. "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings"
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Antonyms: Demagnetise, Demagnetize
Derivative terms: Magnet, Magnetisation, Magnet, Magnetization, Magnetization, Magnetization
2. Verb. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
Generic synonyms: Charm, Influence, Tempt
Derivative terms: Magnet, Magnetization, Spellbinder
Definition of Magnetize
1. v. t. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.
Definition of Magnetize
1. Verb. (transitive physics) to make magnetic ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to attract, allure or entice (someone) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magnetize
1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]
Medical Definition of Magnetize
1. 1. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle. 2. To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence. "Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character." (Motley) 3. To bring under the influence of animal magnetism. Origin: Cf. F. Magnetiser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetize
Literary usage of Magnetize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Course of Natural and Experimental Philosophy: For the Use of by Thomas Turner Tate (1857)
"I. TO magnetize A NEEDLE 'WITHOUT CSING AN ARTIFICIAL MAGNET. 13. Fix the needle,
against the edge of a table, in the magnetic meridian — that U, ..."
2. Practical Instruction in Animal Magnetism by Joseph Philippe François Deleuze, Thomas Coles Hartshorn, Pierre Foissac (1850)
"You may magnetize the two arms, one after the other, with one hand only. ...
When the communication is established, one can magnetize very well by placing ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual of Alternating Currents by John Harold Morecroft (1912)
"Under this condition the armature current will lag behind the impressed EMF and
will tend to magnetize the alternator field, so the input will be larger ..."
4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1837)
"HOW TO magnetize AND TEMPER STEEL AT THE SAME TIME. M. Aime recommends the
following method, which consists in tempering and magnetizing a bar of iron at ..."
5. An Elementary Course of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, for the Use of by Thomas Turner Tate, C. S. Carter (1858)
"TO magnetize STEEL BARS, &c. I. TO magnetize A NEEDLE WITHOUT USING AS ARTIFICIAL
MAGNET. 13. Fix the needle, against the edge of a table, in the magnetic ..."
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