magnetised

«magnetised» in Mova's school dictionary: made into a magnet, so it can pull iron and steel — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past of magnetise: magnetise, magnetises, magnetised, magnetising); adjective (magnetised)

meaning for a pupil

1) Magnetised means made into a magnet, so it can pull iron and steel. tree →

2) A magnetised object has its own north and south pole. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils magnetise a steel needle by stroking it with a magnet many times in the same direction; a magnetised needle floating on water makes a simple compass. Heating or dropping a magnet can make it lose its magnetism (demagnetise).

examples

• We magnetised a needle by stroking it with a magnet. tree →
• The magnetised needle pointed north. tree →
• The paper clip became magnetised and picked up another clip. tree →
• A magnetised screwdriver holds screws. tree →
• Iron nails can be magnetised, but copper cannot. tree →
• Hitting the magnet hard can stop it being magnetised. tree →

note

British spelling is magnetised (also magnetized); American spelling is magnetized. Only some metals can be magnetised: iron, steel, nickel, cobalt. Aluminium, copper, gold and plastic cannot.

In the corpora

• The Chinese discovered that a magnetised needle points north and later used compasses for sailing.
• A magnetised needle on a leaf floating in water turns to point north; sailors used compasses like this nearly a thousand years ago.

Trees and pragmatics

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