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Definition of Lodestones

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 Lodestones from wikipedia

- Gr****s credited with discovering lodestone's attraction to iron and other lodestones. The name magnet may come from lodestones found in Magnesia, Anatolia...
- A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. Lodestone may also refer to: RMAS Lodestone (A115), a former degaussing vessel of...
- Lodestone Games was a game development studio based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The majority of its employees came from EA/Kesmai after Electronic Arts...
- 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...
- RMAS Lodestone (A115) was a Magnet-class Royal Navy degaussing ship. She was completed in 1980 by the Clelands Shipbuilding Company. The Magnet-class...
- December 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2017. "Infosys acquires Swiss firm Lodestone for Rs. 1,925 crore". The Hindu. 10 September 2012. Archived from the...
- Lodestone Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation company that specialises in the construction and operation of photovoltaic power stations...
- The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock") black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the North Pole itself. Described by Mercator as 33 "French" miles in...
- Powelliphanta "Lodestone" is a provisional name for an as yet undescribed species of large, carnivorous land snail, an "amber snail", a terrestrial pulmonate...
- magnetum "lodestone", ultimately from Gr**** μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnētis [lithos]) meaning "[stone] from Magnesia", a place in Anatolia where lodestones were...