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mag•net

Pronunciation: (mag'nit), [key]
—n.
1. a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
2. a lodestone.
3. a thing or person that attracts: The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers.

magnet-

var. of magneto- before some vowels: magneton.

magnesium trisilicate

magnetic

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