Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
magnetic mine \magnetic mine\ n. (Mil.)
A marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that detects
the nearness of magnetic material (as the steel hull of a
ship). A magnetic counter mine may allow the passagw of
several ships before detonating.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
magnetic mine
n 1: (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism
that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a
ship)