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keeper
Physics a soft iron or steel bar placed across the poles of a permanent magnet to close the magnetic circuit when it is not in use
keeper [′kēp·ər]
(electromagnetism)
A bar of iron or steel placed across the poles of a permanent magnet to complete the magnetic circuit when the magnet is not in use, to avoid the self-demagnetizing effect of leakage lines. Also known as magnet keeper.
strike plate, strike, striking plate
A metal plate or box which is set in a doorjamb and is either pierced or recessed to receive the bolt or latch of a lock, fixed on a door. Also see box strike plate.
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Get down, my good fellow, and as you are the keeper open the cages, and turn me out those beasts, and in the midst of this plain I will let them know who Don Quixote of La Mancha is, in spite and in the teeth of the enchanters who send them to me.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
You will go tomorrow to the keeper of the Towers and enlist in that game for which the girl is to be the stake, telling the keeper that you are from Manataj, the farthest city of Manator.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The chorus was taken up by the other boys with shouts of laughter, and the keeper turned away with a grunt, but evidently bent on mischief.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
 
 
 
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