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Meanings of lodestone in inglés

portugués
ímã
español
piedra de imán
catalán
caramida

Naturally magnetized mineral, magnetite variety.

piedra de imán
Usage of lodestone in inglés
1
The lodestone which will attract this grace is staunchness in the Covenant.
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
2
ROBBINS: We reached our lodestone just as the sun was reaching us.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
These properties of amber and lodestone appear to have been widely known.
Heroes of the Telegraph
4
Besides the maze, we have a double arch of lodestone above us.
Map of bones
5
That edge of rock was our lodestone, drawing us like a magnet.
Rock and Ice Magazine
6
Cheap housing too, of course -the rather grubbier lodestone of our age.
The Guardian
7
The man was using his lodestone apparatus, and when he'd finished, Lyra said:
The amber spyglass
8
A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
9
He was the lodestone that attracted the Brook-Farmers to West Roxbury.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
10
It blazed unmistakable, like a lodestone of power in Mara's vision.
Blood and Bone
11
They have lodestone, so that no ship with iron can sail to them.
1492
12
Overhead the stone pedestal broke free from its magnetic attachment to the lodestone arches.
Map of bones
13
His glance went to the portrait, and his feet followed, as to a lodestone.
Coniston — Volume 04
14
Again he noticed that wherever she was she was a lodestone for all eyes.
Bambi
15
It took a bit of fancy footwork to calculate with all this lodestone around.
Map of bones
16
He showed how a lodestone's declination could be used to determine latitude at sea.
Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 177...
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portugués
ímã
Lodestone through the time
Lodestone across language varieties
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