field magnet

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noun

a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.

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Origin of field magnet

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby field magnet

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How to use field magnet in a sentence

This fact can be illustrated by means of Figs.13 and 14, both of which show the armature and the poles of the field magnet.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900|Various
Directly under the armature may be seen one of the field magnet coils, it being marked R.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900|Various
The rotating coil is usually spoken of as the armature, and the large magnet as the field magnet.
General Science|Bertha M. Clark
N and S are cast-iron prolongations of the same, and are usually bolted to the field-magnet.
Electric Bells and All About Them|S. R. Bottone

Only here we must have just a little residual magnetism in the field magnet to start the whole process.
A Librarian's Open Shelf|Arthur E. Bostwick

British Dictionary definitions for field magnet

field magnet

noun

a permanent magnet or an electromagnet that produces the magnetic field in a generator, electric motor, or similar device

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Scientific definitions for field magnet

field magnet

A permanent magnet used to produce a base magnetic field against which other magnetized materials react, as in the operation of electrical devices such as motors, generators, and solenoids.