magnetism

English

Etymology

magnet +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• enPR: mägnĕtĭzm, IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/

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• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tism

Noun

magnetism (countable and uncountable, plural magnetisms)

1. (physics) The property of being magnetic.
2. (physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
3. Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
4. Animal magnetism.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:

     Mediums [...] should also realise that it is essential to lead a particularly abstinent life, and to conserve their magnetism.

Synonyms

• (property of being magnetic): magneticness

Derived terms

• animal magnetism
• archaeomagnetism
• biomagnetism
• chromomagnetism
• diamagnetism
• electromagnetism
• femtomagnetism
• ferrimagnetism
• ferromagnetism
• galvanomagnetism
• geomagnetism
• gravitomagnetism
• gyromagnetism
• heliomagnetism
• metamagnetism
• micromagnetism
• mictomagnetism
• nanomagnetism
• neuromagnetism
• palaeomagnetism
• paleomagnetism
• paramagnetism
• photomagnetism
• phrenomagnetism
• piezomagnetism
• thermomagnetism
• zoomagnetism

 

Translations

the property of being magnetic

• Armenian: մագնիսականություն (hy) (magnisakanutʻyun)
• Asturian: magnetismu
• Basque: magnetismo (eu)
• Bulgarian: магнетизъм m (magnetizǎm)
• Catalan: magnetisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磁性 (zh) (cíxìng) (property), 磁學／磁学 (cíxué), 磁学 (cíxué) (science)

• Crimean Tatar: mıqnatislik
• Czech: magnetismus (cs) m
• Danish: magnetisme c
• Dutch: magnetisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: magnetismo (eo)
• Faroese: magnetisma f
• Finnish: magnetismi (fi)
• French: magnétisme (fr) m
• Galician: magnetismo
• Georgian: მაგნეტიზმი (magneṭizmi)
• German: Magnetismus (de) m
• Greek: μαγνητισμός (el) m (magnitismós)
• Hebrew: מגנטיות (he) m (magnitism)
• Hungarian: mágnesesség (hu)
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• Indonesian: magnetik (id)
• Irish: maighnéadas m, adhmainteas m
• Italian: magnetismo (it) m
• Japanese: 磁気 (ja) (じき, jiki), 磁性 (ja) (じせい, jisei)
• Korean: 자기(磁氣) (ko) (jagi)
• Latin: magnetismus, magnētismus
• Norman: manniétisme m (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian: magnetisme m
• Portuguese: magnetismo (pt) m
• Romanian: magnetism (ro) n
• Russian: магнети́зм (ru) m (magnetízm)
• Sardinian: magnetismu m
• Serbo-Croatian: magnetizam (sh) m, магнетизам m
• Sicilian: magnetismu m
• Slovak: magnetizmus m
• Slovene: magnetizem m
• Spanish: magnetismo (es) m
• Swedish: magnetism (sv) c
• Tagalog: kabalnian, balnian
• Telugu: అయస్కాంతత్వము (te) (ayaskāntatvamu)

science which treats of magnetic phenomena

• Bulgarian: магнетизъм m (magnetizǎm)
• German: Magnetismus (de) m
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power of attraction; power to excite the feelings

• Bulgarian: привлекателност (bg) f (privlekatelnost), магнетичност f (magnetičnost)
• German: Anziehungskraft (de) f
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Romanian

Etymology

From French magnétisme.

Noun

magnetism n (uncountable)

1. magnetism

Declension

declension of magnetism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) magnetism	magnetismul
genitive/dative	(unui) magnetism	magnetismului
vocative	magnetismule

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Swedish

Etymology

magnet +‎ -ism

Noun

magnetism c

1. magnetism

Declension

Declension of magnetism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	magnetism	magnetismen	—	—
Genitive	magnetisms	magnetismens	—	—

Related terms

• elektromagnetism