magnetic
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See also: magnètic
Alternative forms
- magnetical (dated)
- magnetick (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæɡˈnɛtɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Adjective
magnetic (comparative more magnetic, superlative most magnetic)
- Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
- a magnetic recorder
- 1818, Thomas Brown, Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect, third edition, page 83:
- [M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.
- Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.
- Determined by earth's magnetic fields.
- magnetic north
- the magnetic meridian
- Having an extraordinary ability to attract.
- He has a magnetic personality.
- 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World—The First Anniversery:
- she that had all magnetic force alone
- (archaic) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.
- a magnetic sleep
Synonyms
- (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism): magnetised, magnetized
- (having the properties a magnet): attractive, repulsive
- (having an extraordinary ability to attract): alluring, appealing, attractive, captivating, charismatic, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating, inviting, seductive
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism”): antimagnetic
- (antonym(s) of “determined by earth's magnetic fields”): geographic
- (antonym(s) of “having an extraordinary ability to attract”): repulsive
- non-magnetic, nonmagnetic
Derived terms
- aeromagnetic
- amagnetic
- antimagnetic
- biomagnetic
- chromomagnetic
- cryomagnetic
- diamagnetic
- electromagnetic
- ferrimagnetic
- ferromagnetic
- flexomagnetic
- functional magnetic resonance imaging
- galvanomagnetic
- geomagnetic
- gravimagnetic
- gravitomagnetic
- gyromagnetic
- heliomagnetic
- hydromagnetic
- hypermagnetic
- immunomagnetic
- magnetical
- magnetically
- magneticalness
- magnetic anisotropy
- magnetic battery
- magnetic bearing
- magnetic bottle
- magnetic card
- magnetic circuit
- magnetic compass
- magnetic core memory
- magnetic crochet
- magnetic declination
- magnetic deviation
- magnetic dip
- magnetic drawing board
- magnetic energy
- magnetic equator
- magnetic field
- magnetic flux
- magnetic flux density
- Magnetic Island
- magneticity
- magnetic lens
- magnetic levitation
- magnetic levitation train
- magnetic local time
- magnetic mine
- magnetic mirror
- magnetic moment
- magnetic monopole
- magneticness
- magnetic north
- magnetic North Pole
- magnetic permeability
- magnetic poetry
- magnetic polarity
- magnetic pole
- magnetic quantum number
- magnetic recording
- magnetic resonance angiography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance tomography
- magnetic reversal
- magnetic stirrer
- magnetic storm
- magnetic strip
- magnetic stripe
- magnetic susceptibility
- magnetic tape
- magnetic termite
- magnetic thermometer
- magnetic trap
- magnetic variation
- metamagnetic
- micromagnetic
- nanomagnetic
- neuromagnetic
- nonmagnetic
- non-magnetic
- north magnetic pole
- nuclear magnetic pulse
- nuclear magnetic resonance
- palaeomagnetic
- paleomagnetic
- paramagnetic
- photomagnetic
- phrenomagnetic
- piezomagnetic
- pseudomagnetic
- pyromagnetic
- rotating magnetic field
- semimagnetic
- spin magnetic moment
- thermomagnetic
- ultramagnetic
- zoomagnetic
Related terms
Translations
of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism
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having the properties of a magnet
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determined by earth's magnetic fields
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having an extraordinary ability to attract
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
magnetic m (feminine singular magnetica, masculine plural magnetics, feminine plural magneticas)
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 617.
Etymology
Borrowed from French magnétique. By surface analysis, magnet + -ic.
Adjective
magnetic m or n (feminine singular magnetică, masculine plural magnetici, feminine and neuter plural magnetice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | magnetic | magnetică | magnetici | magnetice | |||
| definite | magneticul | magnetica | magneticii | magneticele | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | magnetic | magnetice | magnetici | magnetice | |||
| definite | magneticului | magneticei | magneticilor | magneticelor | ||||
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