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Originally Posted by gburlison

If you are willing to believe Wikipedia,
"An electric motor uses electrical energy to produce mechanical energy"
"Most electric motors work by electromagnetism,................Most magnetic motors are rotary, but linear motors also exist"

So you cannot use an electro magnet to produce mechanical energy as that would be an electric motor.

So do you believe my application (linearly moving another magnet via magnetic fields) constitutes a linear motor?