magnet

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babe magnet

1. A person, typically male, who is very attractive to women. Often used with a degree of humor or facetiousness. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. John thinks he's such a babe magnet now that he's making so much money, but everyone thinks he's just as foolish as ever.
2. Something that attracts women to its owner, who is typically male. Often used with a degree of humor or facetiousness. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I bought my motorcycle because I thought it would be a great babe magnet.
See also: babe, magnet

chick magnet

1. A person, typically male, who is very attractive to women. Often used with a degree of humor or facetiousness. John thinks he's such a chick magnet now that he's making so much money, but everyone thinks he's just as foolish as ever.
2. Something that attracts women to its owner, who is typically male. Often used with a degree of humor or facetiousness. I bought my motorcycle because I thought it would be a great chick magnet.
See also: chick, magnet

nerd magnet

slang Someone who seems to attract the romantic attention of a socially awkward or inept person, especially one obsessed or preoccupied with some specific, typically niche subject. Ever since I joined the high school jazz band, I turned into this major nerd magnet—all the dorky girls in there keep flocking to me in between classes! I wouldn't sign up to learn Japanese unless you want to end up a total nerd magnet.
See also: magnet, nerd
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

babe magnet

and chick magnet
1. n. a male who seems to attract good looking females easily. Keep your woman away from Chuck. He’s a babe magnet. Wilfred thinks he’s a chick magnet, but he only snags the dogs.
2. n. something, such as a car, that attracts good-looking females to a male. Man, I like your new chick magnet. Get any yet? He thought of a new car as a “babe magnet,” but all it drew was the repo man.
See also: babe, magnet

chick magnet

verb
See babe magnet
See also: chick, magnet

nerd magnet

n. a girl or woman who attracts dull males. Sally is weary of dating total drips. She is a classic nerd magnet.
See also: magnet, nerd
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • babe magnet
  • chick
  • chick magnet
  • any (one) worth (one's) salt
  • X Y is X
  • keel over
  • walk it off
  • walk off
  • toilet humor
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In order to reduce the eddy current loss of permanent magnet, researchers have conducted a lot of research [1-5].
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Magnet Systems said it has unveiled a brand new approach to application development designed to simplify the entire process of developing and deploying enterprise mobile applications.
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According to the company, the move marks the first time a cochlear implant has been approved for use with 3.0 Tesla (T) MRI without the surgical removal of the internal magnet.
Med-El Wins FDA Clearance for New Cochlear Implant
The device has been approved for use with a 3.0 Tesla (T) MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine without surgical removal of the internal magnet. It is the only implant available in the United States with this indication, and it will be available in the spring of this year, the company said.
First MRI-compatible cochlear implant in u.s. approved by FDA
In the first activity, students drop a ceramic bar magnet on the floor to break it in half and then into smaller pieces.
Reasoning about: magnetism at the microscopic level
31, 2012, of 2,722 patients aged 18 years or younger, 94 were found to have been admitted for suspicion of magnet ingestion.
Magnetic foreign body injury rate on the rise