mag
ne
tize
Third Person
magnetizes
Present Participle
magnetizing
Past Tense
magnetized
Past Participle
magnetized
1
to make an object capable of attracting certain metals
- Rubbing a magnet back and forth on an iron bolt is one way to manually magnetize the metal.
- We magnetized a pair of scissors by holding them next to a magnet so they would stick to the fridge.
- The teacher showed how running an electric current through a coil of wire could magnetize the coil temporarily.
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