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Definition of Magnetic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or caused by magnetism. "Magnetic forces"

2. Adjective. Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel. "The hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material"

3. Adjective. Capable of being magnetized.

4. Adjective. Determined by earth's magnetic fields. "The needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole"

5. Adjective. Possessing an extraordinary ability to attract. "A magnetic personality"

Definition of Magnetic

1. a. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.

2. n. A magnet.

Definition of Magnetic

1. Adjective. of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism ¹

2. Adjective. having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull ¹

3. Adjective. determined by earth's magnetic fields ¹

4. Adjective. having an extraordinary ability to attract ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Magnetic

1. a magnet [n -S] - See also: magnet

Medical Definition of Magnetic

1. 1. A magnet. "As the magnetic hardest iron draws." (Milton) 2. Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc, which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic

magnesium wire magnesiumlike magnesiums magnet magnet- magnet reaction magnet reflex magnet school magnetabsorption magnetar

magnetars magnetelastic magnetelectrical magnetencephalographies magnetencephalography magnetic (current term) magnetic North Pole magnetic anisotropy magnetic attraction magnetic axis

magnetic bearing magnetic bearings magnetic bottle magnetic bubble memory magnetic circuit magnetic confinement magnetic confinement fusion magnetic core magnetic declination

Literary usage of Magnetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"This point is called the magnetic north pole of the Earth. ... These two magnetic poles are also remarkable from the fact that a so-called magnetic ..."

2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"A bar of iron held parallel to the direction of the earth's magnetic force is ... Any piece of soft iron placed in a magnetic field is found to exhibit ..."

3. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Like magnetic poles repel one another; unlike magnetic poles attract one another. ... The force exerted between two magnetic poles is proportional to the ..."

4. Report (1904)
"Alexander Winchell he calls attention to magnetic phenomena around certain springs in the State, but without specifying precisely what these phenomena were. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"This law. together with that of Laplace already mentioned, viz. that the magnetic force due to an element of length dS of a current I at a distance r, ..."

6. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1897)
"MECHANICAL PREPARATION. r magnetic Separation.—HBC Nitze t further í describes Wetherill magnetic concentrating process for substances of low magnetic ..."

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