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Electro-magnet
n.A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some
other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily
magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current
of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar,
either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.