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noun
- A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- (context, informal, figurative, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
- He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
- : ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
Translations: - Dutch: magneet
- French: aimant
- German: Magnet
- Italian: magnete , calamita
- Spanish: imí¡n
Etymology: From the Greek (magnítis líthos), magnesian stone.
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