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diamagnetism definition

dia·mag·net·ism (-mag′nə tiz′əm)

noun

  1. the property that certain substances have of being weakly repelled by both poles of a magnet
  2. diamagnetic force
  3. diamagnetic phenomena
  4. the science that deals with such phenomena and substances

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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