A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically.

synonym: loadstone.

Roget 288: attraction, attractiveness; attractivity^†; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction^†.    electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling; magnetism, magnetic attraction; gravity, attraction of gravitation.    [objects which attract by physical force] lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar^†; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite; electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator.    electrical charge; positive charge, negative charge.    magnetic pole; north pole, south pole; magnetic monopole.    ... show more

Dutch: magneet, zeilsteen