magnetic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old French magnetebor.
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Latin magnēsbor.
Middle English magnete
English magnet
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English magnetic
From magnet + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more magnetic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most magnetic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: magnetical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dated
form: magnetick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
pos: adj
examples: a magnetic recorder
[M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.
Retrieving that fingerprint involves a series of magnetic experiments that repeatedly heat and cool the object, exposing it to magnetic fields and then removing them.
gloss: Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.
pos: adj
gloss: Determined by earth's magnetic fields.
pos: adj
examples: magnetic north
the magnetic meridian
gloss: Having an extraordinary ability to attract: attractive, alluring, persuasive
pos: adj
examples: He has a magnetic personality.
she that had all magnetic force alone
gloss: Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: a magnetic sleep
Antonyms: antimagnetic
geographic
repulsive
non-magnetic
nonmagnetic
Related words: magnet
Derived words: acoustomagnetic
aeromagnetic
amagnetic
antiferromagnetic
antimagnetic
archeomagnetic
biomagnetic
chromomagnetic
cryomagnetic
diamagnetic
electromagnetic
ferrimagnetic
ferromagnetic
flexomagnetic
functional magnetic resonance imaging
galvanomagnetic
geomagnetic
gravimagnetic
gravitomagnetic
gyromagnetic
heliomagnetic
hydromagnetic
hypermagnetic
hypomagnetic
immunomagnetic
isomagnetic
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 helicity
magnetic induction
Magnetic Island
magneticism
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
optomagnetic
palaeomagnetic
paleomagnetic
paramagnetic
perpendicular magnetic recording
photomagnetic
phrenomagnetic
piezomagnetic
pseudomagnetic
pyromagnetic
rotating magnetic field
semimagnetic
spin magnetic moment
supermagnetic
thermomagnetic
ultramagnetic
unmagnetic
zoomagnetic
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