horseshoe magnet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of horseshoe magnet
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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In a 2013 speech at a science center in Pittsburgh, he recalled that, at the age of 5 or 6, his father gave him a horseshoe magnet.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2016
To understand how the eel doubles its charge, try picturing the critter in the shape of a horseshoe magnet.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2015
As a piece of wire passes between the prongs of a horseshoe magnet, an electric current is generated.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is Ehrenhaft's claim that when the two poles of a horseshoe magnet are substituted for the current, oxygen is present in the gas that rises from the north magnetic pole.
From Time Magazine Archive
A horseshoe magnet passed near a bent soft iron wound with insulated wire caused an induced current in the wire.
From Steam, Steel and Electricity by Steele, James W.
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