magnetism
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: mägnĕtĭzm, IPA(key): /ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tism
Noun
magnetism (countable and uncountable, plural magnetisms)
- (physics) The property of being magnetic.
- (physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
- Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
- Animal magnetism.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:
- Mediums [...] should also realise that it is essential to lead a particularly abstinent life, and to conserve their magnetism.
Synonyms
- (property of being magnetic): magneticness
Derived terms
- animal magnetism
- archaeomagnetism
- biomagnetism
- chromomagnetism
- diamagnetism
- directional magnetism
- electromagnetism
- femtomagnetism
- ferrimagnetism
- ferromagnetism
- galvanomagnetism
- geomagnetism
- gravitomagnetism
- gyromagnetism
- heliomagnetism
- magnetism-based interaction capture
- metamagnetism
- micromagnetism
- mictomagnetism
- nanomagnetism
- neuromagnetism
- palaeomagnetism
- paleomagnetism
- paramagnetism
- photomagnetism
- phrenomagnetism
- piezomagnetism
- thermomagnetism
- thermoremanent magnetism
- zoomagnetism
Translations
the property of being magnetic
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science which treats of magnetic phenomena
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power of attraction; power to excite the feelings
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French magnétisme. By surface analysis, magnet + -ism.
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of magnetism | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | magnetism | magnetismen | — | — |
| Genitive | magnetisms | magnetismens | — | — |
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