word-vault/dist/data/cards/ma/magnetic.json

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{
    "term": "magnetic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "behaving like a magnet; that can be attracted by a magnet",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "magnetic materials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steel is magnetic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The block becomes magnetic when the current is switched on."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with or produced by magnetism",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**magnetic properties/forces**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **magnetic disk** *(= one containing  material that stores information to be used by a computer)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "that people find very powerful and attractive",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a magnetic personality"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæɡˈnetɪk/",
                "audio": "ma/magnetic/magnetic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mæɡˈnetɪk/",
                "audio": "ma/magnetic/magnetic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from late Latin magneticus, from Latin magneta, from Greek magnēs lithos ‘lodestone’, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French magnete (from Latin magnes, magnet-)."
}