magnetic Definition
mag·netic (mag net′ik)
adjective
- having the properties of a magnet magnetic needle
- of, producing, caused by, or operating by magnetism
- of the earth's magnetism the magnetic poles
- that is or can be magnetized
- powerfully attractive: said of a person, personality, etc.
magnetic Related Forms
mag·net′i·cally adverb
magnetic Synonyms
magnetic Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- strongly: The base is strongly magnetic so that the receiver can be used on the roof of a vehicle.
- so: The electron has an associated spin and so magnetic moment.
- very: The Dragon's powerful energy will make you very magnetic to others.
- sexually: Easily the most sexually magnetic men are the ones with a scent of danger around them.
- quite: But I thought Jeanne Moreau was quite magnetic, that's why three stars and not less.
- only: On the other hand, the rotating transformer provides only magnetic coupling between the moving parts.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
scan: Magnetic resonance imaging - an MRI scan uses magnetic and radio waves to create pictures of body tissue.
Modifies a noun
- imaging: Will be biased below percent of magnetic resonance imaging.
- field: These are places of weak magnetic field where the field lines don't connect regions on the solar surface.
- resonance: The text includes 100 full color tissue images, 200 line drawings and 200 magnetic resonance and computed tomography images.
- susceptibility: Magnetic Susceptibility The magnetic susceptibility of a material is its ability to become magnetized by an external magnetic field.
- flux: It was known that the quantum of magnetic flux was inversely proportional to twice the charge on an electron.
- tape: The " area " between data records on a magnetic tape.
Used with adjective complement
- confirm: Strategists probably deluded confirmed magnetic bending science than the.
- remain: Hence the value of a semiconductor that starts out as a magnet and remains magnetic well above room temperature.
Preposition: in
nature: It was further proposed that the early braking mechanism might have its origins in the rapid rotation itself and might be magnetic in nature.
Browse dictionary entries near magnetic
- ‹ magnet school
- ‹ magnet
- ‹ magnesium
- ‹ magnesite
- ‹ magnesia
- ‹ magnate
- ‹ magnanimous
- ‹ magnanimity
- ‹ Magna Graecia
- ‹ magna cum laude

