magnetic

«magnetic» in Mova's school dictionary: able to pull iron or steel towards itself, like a magnet — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (magnetic; more magnetic)

meaning for a pupil

1) Magnetic means able to pull iron or steel towards itself, like a magnet. tree →

2) Magnetic also describes things a magnet can pull, like iron nails. tree →

3) Magnetic can describe something to do with magnets or the Earth's magnetism, like the magnetic North Pole. tree →

4) A magnetic person is someone people are strongly drawn to. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons children sort objects into magnetic and non-magnetic: iron, steel, nickel and cobalt are magnetic; wood, plastic, glass, paper, and most coins and aluminium cans are not. A compass works because its needle is magnetic and lines up with the Earth's magnetic field. Phrases: «magnetic field», «magnetic poles», «magnetic north», «magnetic strip» (on a bank card), «magnetic letters» (fridge letters).

examples

• Iron nails are magnetic, but plastic spoons are not. tree →
• We tested which objects were magnetic. tree →
• A compass needle is magnetic and points north. tree →
• The fridge magnets are magnetic letters. tree →
• The Earth has a magnetic field around it. tree →
• Don't put a magnet near a bank card with a magnetic strip. tree →
• Not all metals are magnetic; aluminium foil isn't. tree →
• The singer had a magnetic smile. tree →
• For instance, why a piece of iron which is rubbed on a cylinder, should become magnetic. tree →

note

A common myth: «all metals are magnetic». Only a few are: iron, nickel, cobalt and things made with them, like steel. Gold, silver, copper and aluminium are not. Noun: «magnet», «magnetism»; verb: «magnetise / magnetize». «Magnetic» is an adjective, so you say «a magnetic object», not «a magnet object».

In the corpora

• Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.
• A magnet can pull a paper clip across the table without touching it, through an invisible region around it called its magnetic field.
• A compass needle is a small magnet free to turn, and it lines up with the Earth's magnetic field.
• A compass points to magnetic north, which is not exactly the same place as the geographic North Pole.
• The Earth's magnetic poles have swapped places many times in its history, over hundreds of thousands of years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «magnetic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.