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# magnetised

verb form (past of magnetise: magnetise, magnetises, magnetised, magnetising); adjective (magnetised)

«magnetised» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Magnetised means made into a magnet, so it can pull iron and steel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#m1)
2. A magnetised object has its own north and south pole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pupils magnetise a steel needle by stroking it with a magnet many times in the same direction; a magnetised needle floating on water makes a simple compass. Heating or dropping a magnet can make it lose its magnetism (demagnetise).

### Examples

- We magnetised a needle by stroking it with a magnet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#x1)
- The magnetised needle pointed north. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#x2)
- The paper clip became magnetised and picked up another clip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#x3)
- A magnetised screwdriver holds screws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#x4)
- Iron nails can be magnetised, but copper cannot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#x5)
- Hitting the magnet hard can stop it being magnetised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/#x6)

### Note

British spelling is magnetised (also magnetized); American spelling is magnetized. Only some metals can be magnetised: iron, steel, nickel, cobalt. Aluminium, copper, gold and plastic cannot.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «magnetised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnetised/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«magnetised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/magnetised.html) on Mova free.