📖 Definitions of "Loadstone"
noun
- 1
A naturally occurring magnet.
- 2
The mineral magnetite.
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| lodestonenoun | Any naturally occurring magnet. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| lodestonenoun | Any naturally occurring magnet. |
| lodestonesnoun | Any naturally occurring magnet. |
| magnetnoun | A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism. |
| magnetismnoun | (physics) The property of being magnetic. |
| ironnoun | (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. |
| magneticalnoun | (obsolete) magnetic |
| gravitative | Causing to gravitate; tending to a centre. |
| protoxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule |
| gravitationnoun | (physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton. |
| fluxionnoun | (rare or archaic) The action of flowing. |
| magnetizernoun | Someone or something that imparts magnetism. |
| steelyardnoun | A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths. |
| pyritesnoun | any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest) |
| sulphuretnoun | Obsolete spelling of sulfuret. [(obsolete, chemistry) A sulfide.] |
| magnetizedverb | That has been made magnetic. |
| diamagnetismnoun | (physics) a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction |
| reliquenoun | Obsolete form of relic. [That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.] |
| magnesnoun | Obsolete form of magnet. [A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.] |
| weathercocknoun | A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel. |
| schorlnoun | (mineralogy) The most common variety of tourmaline. |
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