Magnetic
[mæg'netɪk] or [mæg'nɛtɪk]
Definition
(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' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Magnetical
(n.) A magnet.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Attractive
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Examples
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As soon as the current flows, the coils become magnetic and attract the soft iron armature, drawing it forward and causing the clapper to strike the bell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Reduced to its barest, crudest terms, the proposition of magnetic separation is simplicity itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The non-magnetic gangue descends in a straight line to the other side of the partition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are sent out through this magnetic field, and follow the earth’s curvature, in the same way that tidal waves follow the ocean’s surface. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Magnetic Properties of an Electric Current. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the treatment of iron ores, and especially those of low grade, the magnetic concentrator is an interesting and striking departure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The sending of the wireless message requires a source of production of the electro-magnetic waves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A wire through which current flows is surrounded by a field of magnetic force. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These inventors conceived and put in practice the great idea of employing the current from an electro-magnetic machine to excite its own electric magnet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was effected by having the twenty-six letters painted on a board, and concealed from view by a number of small paper screens, which were attached to magnetic needles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Professor Hertz proved in 1888 that a spark, or disruptive discharge of electricity, caused electro-magnetic waves to radiate away in all directions through the ether. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It consisted of five magnetic needles, ranged side by side on a horizontal line that formed the diameter of a rhomb. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The motors which drive our electric fans, our mills, and our trolley cars owe their existence entirely to the magnetic action of current electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Henry in America was, contemporaneously with Faraday, developing electricity by means of magnetic induction. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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