Definitions for: Magnetic


[adj] possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality"
[adj] (physics) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; "an attractive force"; "the knife hung on a magnetic board"
[adj] 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"
[adj] determined by earth's magnetic fields; "magnetic north"; "the needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole"
[adj] capable of being magnetized
[adj] of or relating to or caused by magnetism; "magnetic forces"



Webster (1913) Definition: Mag*net"ic, Magnetical Mag*net"ic*al, a. [L.
magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]
1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the
magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of
iron; a magnetic needle.

2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's
magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.

3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism;
as, the magnetic metals.

4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the
feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing
attachment.

She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne.

5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism,
so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.

Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc.
See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc.

Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets
with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with
great power.

Magnetic compensator, a contrivance connected with a ship's
compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the
iron of the ship upon the needle.

Magnetic curves, curves indicating lines of magnetic force,
as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of
a powerful magnet.

Magnetic elements.
(a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel,
cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable
or becoming magnetic.
(b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the
declination, inclination, and intensity.
(c) See under Element.

Magnetic equator, the line around the equatorial parts of
the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle
being horizontal.

Magnetic field, or Field of magnetic force, any space
through which magnet exerts its influence.

Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was
formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of
magnetism.

Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as
Magnetite.

Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and
suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a
delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction
of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential
part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the
surveyor's.

Magnetic poles, the two points in the opposite polar
regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping
needle is vertical.

Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite.

Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the
earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden
changes.

Magnetic telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a
magnet. See Telegraph.


Mag*net"ic, n.
1. A magnet. [Obs.]

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.

Synonyms: attractable, attractive, attractive(a), charismatic, magnetised, magnetized

Antonyms: antimagnetic, geographic, geographical, nonmagnetic, repulsive(a)

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