attractive properties of a magnet; scientific study of magnets and magnetic phenomena; attraction, appeal, charisma (of a personality, etc.)
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Magnetism Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
(n.)
The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.
The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.
(n.)
Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutPower of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
magnetism
\mag"net*ism\ (?), n. [cf. f. magnétisme.] the property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.
2. the science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
3. power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections. "by the magnetism of interest our affections are irresistibly attracted."
similar words(5)
terrestrial magnetism
animal magnetism
residual magnetism
remanent magnetism
electro-magnetism
Magnetism, (n.)
Something acting upon a magnet.
The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)Something acting upon a magnet.
The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge.
Noun
1. attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
(synonym) magnetic attraction, magnetic force
(hypernym) attraction, attractive force
(hyponym) electromagnetism
(attribute) attractive(a), magnetic
2. the branch of science that studies magnetism
(synonym) magnetics
(hypernym) geophysics, geophysical science
Magnetism Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Magnetism is a property of materials that respond to an applied magnetic field. Permanent magnets have persistent magnetic fields caused by ferromagnetism. That is the strongest and most familiar type of magnetism. However, all materials are influenced varyingly by the presence of a magnetic field. Some are attracted to a magnetic field (paramagnetism); others are repulsed by a magnetic field (diamagnetism); others have a much more complex relationship with an applied magnetic field (spin glass behavior and antiferromagnetism). Substances that are negligibly affected by magnetic fields are known as non-magnetic substances. They include copper, aluminium, gases, and plastic. Pure oxygen exhibits magnetic properties when cooled to a liquid state.
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Magnetism Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Magnetism [from Greek lithos magnetes Magnesian stone, magnetic oxide of iron, found in Magnesia in Thessaly] Scientifically, magnetic force is due to the movement of electric charges. While physics is concerned only with mineral magnetism, older thought saw the analogy between the various planes of nature and used magnetism in a wiser sense. The term animal magnetism is not so fanciful: The Secret Doctrine speaks of biune creative magnetism as acting in the constitution of man and animals in the form of the attraction of contraries as in sexual polarization; of there being seven forms of kosmic magnetism; of electricity and magnetism being manifestations of kundalini-sakti; of the world-soul as represented by a sevenfold cross whose arms are light, heat, magnetism, etc.
Magnetism, like other forces, is a manifestation of the activities of living beings. These forces are at the same time the physical counterparts, reflections, or phases of the universal cosmic electromagnetism, life-energy, or fohat. Magnetism, which is the alter ego of electricity, is that aspect or functioning of cosmic electromagnetism, mainly known to us as causing attraction and repulsion, and distinguished by bipolarity.
Both physical and physiological analogies suggest that terrestrial magnetism is inherent in some of the ultra-physical constituents of our globe, and that it must be powerfully influenced by the magnetism of other globes of the earth-chain, as well as by cosmic sources belonging to the solar system and even beyond.
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Magnetism, like other forces, is a manifestation of the activities of living beings. These forces are at the same time the physical counterparts, reflections, or phases of the universal cosmic electromagnetism, life-energy, or fohat. Magnetism, which is the alter ego of electricity, is that aspect or functioning of cosmic electromagnetism, mainly known to us as causing attraction and repulsion, and distinguished by bipolarity.
Both physical and physiological analogies suggest that terrestrial magnetism is inherent in some of the ultra-physical constituents of our globe, and that it must be powerfully influenced by the magnetism of other globes of the earth-chain, as well as by cosmic sources belonging to the solar system and even beyond.
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