Translations for „lodestone“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

lodestone <a lodestone; lodestones> N

lodestone

مغناطيس

lodestone INDUST

حجر المغنطيس

lodestone INDUST

ما يجذب بقوة

lodestone PHYS

حَجَرُ المَغْنَاطِيس

lodestone MIN

lodestone

مغنطيس طبيعي

armed lodestone ELEC

armed lodestone

حجر مغنطيس ذو قطبين حديديين

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English

Lodestone is the name of a natural magnetic iron that was used throughout history in the manufacturing of compasses.

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According to his biographer, he used to celebrate with such living piety that he was like a lodestone, attracting the faithful to the altar where he offered the sacrifice.

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With a more efficient compass magnetized by lodestone, the thermoremanence compass fell out of use.

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The first magnetic compasses were made from lodestones, while more modern magnetic compasses played an important role in the history of navigation.

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These include iron, nickel, cobalt, some alloys of rare earth metals, and some naturally occurring minerals such as lodestone.

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Naturally magnetized pieces of magnetite, called lodestone, will attract small pieces of iron, and this was how ancient people first noticed the property of magnetism.

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Gems are found in some mines, but rarely have their own veins, lodestone is found in iron mines and emery in silver mines.

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Ion, the rhapsode dangles like a lodestone at the end of a chain of lodestones.

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The liner notes state that the album is dedicated to the lodestone.

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Several morse code messages are engraved in the copper, and one of the slabs has an engraved compass rose and a lodestone.

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