Loadstone

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See lodestone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A piece of magnetite, a magnetic iron ore, possessing polarity like a magnetic needle, having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically. See magnetite.
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  • noun. Alternative form of lodestone.
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  • noun. a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
    • Word Usage
    "Thus, the power of drawing iron is one of the ideas of the complex one of that substance we call a loadstone; and a power to be so drawn is a part of the complex one we call iron: which powers pass for inherent qualities in those subjects."
    Equivalent
    lodestone  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    permanent magnet  static magnet  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    approx  armure  chlorite  dead-black  epidote  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lode  lodestone  magnet  
    variant
    magnetite  
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