magnetised

Such an object becomes "magnetised," and, if this be strongly done, the object will itself become a magnetic centre, capable in turn of magnetising those who approach it.

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890

However, during subsequent visits I've been much more aware of the downside, illustrated by the stream of drug casualties who are still magnetised by its legend well over 40 years after the dream went sour.

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I was as magnetised as anyone in the room that night.

The Juniper Days - Part I Alison Earls 2011

Like other types of magnetite, they are hard, black and shiny, but lodestones are special because they are naturally magnetised, thanks to the effects of lightning.

Weatherwatch: How does magnetite become magnetised? 2011

"When everyone is zigging," says Alex Epstein, the furiously eyebrowed "Unemployed head of communications" who appears roughly drawn with iron filings and a magnetised pencil, "you should zag."

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Wasilewski has proved that magnetite samples can be magnetised in the laboratory, though it's hard to show this occurs in nature until a magnetite outcrop can be checked before and after a lightning strike for the presence of lodestones.

Weatherwatch: How does magnetite become magnetised? 2011

For centuries scientists have wondered how lodestone became magnetised.

Weatherwatch: How does magnetite become magnetised? 2011

The name lodestone comes from the old English meaning "way stone" because a sliver of iron rubbed with lodestone also becomes magnetised, and this is how the first compass needles were made.

Weatherwatch: How does magnetite become magnetised? 2011

Normally these domains are jumbled up and cancel each other out, but when they are aligned the mineral is magnetised.

Weatherwatch: How does magnetite become magnetised? 2011

It started out as an attempt to create a plastic, magnetised cup holder that would let you stick your cup to the nearest available metal surface.

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