magnetism

English

Etymology

magnet+‎-ism

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Hyphenation:mag‧ne‧tism

Noun

magnetism(countableanduncountable,pluralmagnetisms)

1. (physics)Thepropertyof beingmagnetic.
2. (physics)Thesciencewhich treats of magneticphenomena.
3. Power ofattraction;power toexcitethefeelingsand to gain theaffections.
4. Animal magnetism.
   • 1936,Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art,London: Long, page231:

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

Synonyms

• (property of being magnetic):magneticness

Derived terms

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

Translations

the property of being magnetic

• Albanian:magnetizëm(sq)m
• Arabic:مِغْنَاطِيسِيَّةf(miḡnāṭīsiyya),مَغْنَاطِيسِيَّةf(maḡnāṭīsiyya)
• Armenian:մագնիսականություն(hy)(magnisakanutʻyun)
• Asturian:magnetismu
• Azerbaijani:maqnetizm
• Basque:magnetismo(eu)
• Belarusian:магнеты́змm(mahnjetýzm),магнэты́змm(mahnetýzm)
• Bengali:চুম্বকত্ব(cumbokotto)
• Bulgarian:магнети́зъмm(magnetízǎm)
• Catalan:magnetisme(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Từ tính(zh)(cíxìng)(property),Từ học／Từ học(cíxué)(science)

• Crimean Tatar:mıqnatislik,magnetizm
• Czech:magnetismus(cs)m
• Danish:magnetismec
• Dutch:magnetisme(nl)n
• Esperanto:magnetismo(eo)
• Estonian:magnetism(et)
• Faroese:magnetismaf
• Finnish:magnetismi(fi)
• French:magnétisme(fr)m
• Galician:magnetismo(gl)
• Georgian:მაგნეტიზმი(magneṭizmi)
• German:Magnetismus(de)m
• Greek:μαγνητισμός(el)m(magnitismós)
• Hebrew:מַגְנֵטִיּוּת(he)f(magnétiut)
• Hindi:चुंबकत्वm(cumbakatva)
• Hungarian:mágnesesség(hu)
• Icelandic:segulmagnn
• Indonesian:magnetik(id)
• Irish:maighnéadasm,adhmainteasm
• Italian:magnetismo(it)m
• Japanese:Từ khí(ja)(じき, jiki),Từ tính(ja)(じせい, jisei)
• Kazakh:магнетизм(magnetizm)
• Korean:자기( từ khí )(ko)(jagi)
• Kyrgyz:магнетизм(magnetizm)
• Latin:magnētismusm
• Latvian:magnētismsm
• Lithuanian:magnetizmasm
• Macedonian:магнети́замm(magnetízam)
• Malay:kemagnetan(ms),magnetisme
• Norman:manniétismem(continental Normandy)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:magnetismem

• Pashto:مقناطيسيتm(maqnātisyat)
• Persian:مغناطیس(fa)(mağnâtis)
• Portuguese:magnetismo(pt)m
• Romanian:magnetism(ro)n
• Russian:магнети́зм(ru)m(magnetízm)
• Sardinian:magnetismum
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:магнетѝзамm

  Roman:magnetìzam(sh)m

• Sicilian:magnetismum
• Slovak:magnetizmusm
• Slovene:magnetizemm
• Spanish:magnetismo(es)m
• Swahili:usumaku(sw)
• Swedish:magnetism(sv)c
• Tagalog:kabalnian,balnian
• Telugu:అయస్కాంతత్వము(te)(ayaskāntatvamu)
• Thai:ความเป็นแม่เหล็ก(kwaam-bpen-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk)
• Turkish:manyetizma(tr)
• Turkmen:magnetizm
• Ukrainian:магнети́змm(mahnetýzm)
• Urdu:مِقناطِیسِیَّتf(miqnātīsiyyat)
• Uzbek:magnetizm(uz)
• Vietnamese:từ tính(vi),tính từ(vi)

science which treats of magnetic phenomena

• Bulgarian:магнети́зъмm(magnetízǎm)
• German:Magnetismus(de)m

power of attraction; power to excite the feelings

• Bulgarian:привлека́телност(bg)f(privlekátelnost),магнети́чностf(magnetíčnost)
• German:Anziehungskraft(de)f

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchmagnétisme.Bysurface analysis,magnet+‎-ism.

Noun

magnetismn(uncountable)

1. magnetism

Declension

declension of magnetism (singular only)

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

Swedish

Etymology

magnet+‎-ism

Noun

magnetismc

1. magnetism

Declension

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

Related terms

• elektromagnetism