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# magnetic

«magnetic» in Mova's school dictionary: **able to pull iron or steel towards itself, like a magnet** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (magnetic; more magnetic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Magnetic means able to pull iron or steel towards itself, like a magnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#m1)

2) Magnetic also describes things a magnet can pull, like iron nails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#m2)

3) Magnetic can describe something to do with magnets or the Earth's magnetism, like the magnetic North Pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#m3)

4) A magnetic person is someone people are strongly drawn to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons children sort objects into magnetic and non-magnetic: iron, steel, nickel and cobalt are magnetic; wood, plastic, glass, paper, and most coins and aluminium cans are not. A compass works because its needle is magnetic and lines up with the Earth's magnetic field. Phrases: «magnetic field», «magnetic poles», «magnetic north», «magnetic strip» (on a bank card), «magnetic letters» (fridge letters).

### examples

- Iron nails are magnetic, but plastic spoons are not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x1)
- We tested which objects were magnetic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x2)
- A compass needle is magnetic and points north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x3)
- The fridge magnets are magnetic letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x4)
- The Earth has a magnetic field around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x5)
- Don't put a magnet near a bank card with a magnetic strip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x6)
- Not all metals are magnetic; aluminium foil isn't. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x7)
- The singer had a magnetic smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x8)
- For instance, why a piece of iron which is rubbed on a cylinder, should become magnetic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/#x9)

### note

A common myth: «all metals are magnetic». Only a few are: iron, nickel, cobalt and things made with them, like steel. Gold, silver, copper and aluminium are not. Noun: «magnet», «magnetism»; verb: «magnetise / magnetize». «Magnetic» is an adjective, so you say «a magnetic object», not «a magnet object».

### In the corpora

- [Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/14/)
- [A magnet can pull a paper clip across the table without touching it, through an invisible region around it called its magnetic field.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/0/)
- [A compass needle is a small magnet free to turn, and it lines up with the Earth's magnetic field.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/5/)
- [A compass points to magnetic north, which is not exactly the same place as the geographic North Pole.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/6/)
- [The Earth's magnetic poles have swapped places many times in its history, over hundreds of thousands of years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «magnetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.