# magnetic
## English
### Alternative forms

* magnetical (dated)
* magnetick (obsolete)

### Etymology

From magnet +‎ -ic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: attractive, alluring, persuasive
    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, charming, appealing

#### 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 skyrmion
* magnetic stirrer
* magnetic storm
* magnetic strip
* magnetic stripe
* magnetic susceptibility
* magnetic tape
* magnetic termite
* magnetic thermometer
* magnetic trap
* magnetic variation
* metamagnetic
* micromagnetic
* nanomagnetic
* neuromagnetic
* non-magnetic
* nonmagnetic
* 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

* magnet

#### Translations

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## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

magnetic m (feminine singular magnetica, masculine plural magnetics, feminine plural magneticas)
* magnetic
** 2019 January 18, “La planeta dels tres pòls magnetics”, in Jornalet‎:Son camp magnetic es lo pus grand del Sistèma Solar.Its magnetic field is the largest in the Solar System.

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 617.

## Romanian
### 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)
* magnetic