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lodestone
n.
stone with magnetic properties that attracts iron; piece of loadstone used as a magnet; something which attracts (loadstone)
Lodestone
A
lodestone, or
loadstone, is a naturally
magnetized piece of the mineral
magnetite. They are naturally-occurring
magnets, which can attract
iron. The property of
magnetism was first discovered in antiquity through lodestones. Pieces of lodestone, suspended so they could turn, were the first
magnetic compasses, and their importance to early
navigation is indicated by the name
lodestone, which in
Middle English means 'course stone' or 'leading stone', from the now-obsolete meaning of
lode as ‘journey, way’.
lodestone
Noun
1. a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
(synonym) loadstone
(hypernym) permanent magnet, static magnet
(substance-meronym) magnetite, magnetic iron-ore
Lodestone
(n.)
Same as Loadstone.
(n.)
A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
lodestone
Synonyms and related words:
ambition, artificial magnet, bar magnet, catch, dearest wish, desideration, desideratum, desire, electromagnetic lifting magnet, field magnet, forbidden fruit, glimmering goal, golden vision, hope, horseshoe magnet, lodestar, magnet, magnetic needle, magnetite, paramagnet, plum, polestar, prize, solenoid, temptation, trophy, wish
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
