bar magnet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bar magnet
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In magnetic materials, each atom behaves like a tiny bar magnet because of a property called atomic spin.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
Because Earth’s magnetic field is dipolar like a bar magnet and aligned roughly perpendicular to our world’s rotation, geomagnetic field lines extend most prominently from the vicinity of our planet’s North and South poles.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2023
Imagine a simple bar magnet, which generates a magnetic field similar in shape to the one that surrounds Earth.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
The general facts of magnetism are most simply illustrated by a magnetized bar of steel, commonly called a bar magnet.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
