magnetize

[ mag-ni-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, mag·net·ized, mag·net·iz·ing.

1. to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
2. to exert an attracting or compelling influence upon:

   The evangelist's oratory magnetized his listeners.

3. Archaic. to mesmerize.

magnetize

/ ˈmæɡnɪˌtaɪz /

verb

1. to make (a substance or object) magnetic
2. to attract strongly
3. See mesmerize
   an obsolete word for mesmerize

magnetize

/ măg′nĭ-tīz′ /

1. To cause an object to become temporarily or permanently magnetic. For example, an unmagnetized object made of ferromagnetic material consists of molecules that are magnetic but randomly aligned, producing no net magnetic field; exposure to a magnetic field causes the molecules to align themselves with the field, producing their own net field, so that the object as a whole becomes magnetized.

Derived Forms

• ˈmagnetˌizer, noun
• ˌmagnetiˈzation, noun
• ˌmagnetˈizable, adjective

Other Words From

• magnet·izer noun
• non·magnet·ized adjective
• re·magnet·ize verb (used with object) remagnetized remagnetizing
• un·magnet·ized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of magnetize¹

First recorded in 1775–85; magnet + -ize

Example Sentences

This showed that meteorite impacts alone can create strong magnetic fields that magnetize rocks nearby.

From Singularity Hub 

This small piece of lunar glass was formed and magnetized by a meteorite impact and could explain the strong magnetic readings from the past.

From Singularity Hub 

This came to a head when one anti-vaccine doctor suggested in an Ohio hearing that the coronavirus vaccine was magnetizing people to the point where they could stick keys, forks and spoons to the vertical surfaces of their bodies.

From Washington Post

State GOP officials have repeatedly invited extreme vaccine skeptics to testify to promote claims that include that the coronavirus vaccine magnetizes its recipients, among other wild theories.

From Washington Post

Simulations suggest that the event was a magnetorotational hypernova, created in the death of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized star at least 25 times the mass of the sun.

From Science News

Make a small horseshoe magnet from a piece of the very best steel obtainable, and magnetize it to as high a strength as possible.

From Project Gutenberg

If we magnetize a wire placed east and west, it will retain this polarity until freed by vibrations, as already remarked.

From Project Gutenberg

A similar phenomenon takes place if we magnetize a rod held vertically in the direction of earth's magnetism.

From Project Gutenberg

(B) Magnetize the needle so that its point will be a N pole.

From Project Gutenberg

Men had wondered how an electrical discharge could magnetize steel.

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