electromagnet
nounEtymology From electro- + magnet.
1
A magnet which attracts metals only when electrically activated.
- Hold the electromagnet near something made of iron and push the switch (S2). […] Large electromagnets are used to move things around at factories and junkyards.2010, “Electromagnetism”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 1:
- Derived terms
- Bitter electromagnet, electromagnetic
- Coordinate terms
- solenoid