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SOLENOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("solenoid" is a kind of...):
coil (reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit)
magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)
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