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His initial designs, as described in a series of patents, were for a pendulum clock with a permanent magnet as its bob (that’s the weight at the bottom of the pendulum).
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2024
The permanent magnet front motor delivers 212-hp and 236 lb-ft.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The team’s design features a circular drum—the rotor—with an interior surface lined with permanent magnets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2023
Front-drive variants get a permanent magnet motor with 212-hp which should be sufficient for the smaller Equinox.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
The motors are an evolution of the permanent magnet synchronous motors in the Taycan, with better water cooling, and the inverter uses silicon carbide instead of silicon.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2023
Regardless of their shape and size, permanent magnets are everywhere.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
The generating dynamos have permanent magnets. Sanderson: Absolutely.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
In 2010, after a maritime dispute where Japan arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat, China blocked exports rare earths — which are needed for making permanent magnets, an essential component in clean energy products including electric vehicle motor — to Japan for two months.
—Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
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“Permanent magnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permanent%20magnet. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
permanent magnet
noun
: a magnet that retains its magnetism after removal of the magnetizing force
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