Definition of Lodestone. Meaning of Lodestone. Synonyms of Lodestone

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Definition of Lodestone

Lodestone
Loadstone Load"stone`, Lodestone Lode"stone, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
Lodestone
Lodestone Lode"stone`, n. (Min.) Same as Loadstone.

Meaning of Lodestone from wikipedia

- Lodestones are naturally magnetized pieces of the mineral magnetite. They are naturally occurring magnets, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism...
- A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. Lodestone may also refer to: RMAS Lodestone (A115), a former degaussing vessel of...
- Gr****s credited with discovering lodestone's attraction to iron and other lodestones. The name magnet may come from lodestones found in Magnesia, Anatolia...
- during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). The first comp****es were made of lodestone, a naturally magnetized stone of iron, in Han dynasty China. It was called...
- Lodestone Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation and retail company that specialises in the construction and operation of photovoltaic...
- The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the North Magnetic Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself...
- RMAS Lodestone (A115) was a Magnet-class Royal Navy degaussing ship. She was completed in 1980 by the Clelands Shipbuilding Company. The Magnet-class...
- USS Lodestone (ADG-8) was a degaussing vessel of the United States Navy, named after the mineral lodestone. Originally planned as a patrol craft escort...
- occurring minerals on Earth. Naturally magnetized pieces of magnetite, called lodestone, will attract small pieces of iron, which is how ancient peoples first...
- Powelliphanta "Lodestone" is a provisional name for an as yet undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, an "amber snail", a terrestrial pulmonate...