magnetic

See also: magnètic

English

Alternative forms

• magnetical (dated)
• magnetick (obsolete)

Etymology

magnet +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɡˈnɛtɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

magnetic (comparative more magnetic, superlative most magnetic)

1. Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.

   a magnetic recorder

   • 1818, Thomas Brown, Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect, third edition, page 83:

     [M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.

2. Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.
3. Determined by earth's magnetic fields.

   magnetic north

   the magnetic meridian

4. Having an extraordinary ability to attract.

   He has a magnetic personality.

   • 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World—The First Anniversery:

     she that had all magnetic force alone

5. (archaic) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.

   a magnetic sleep

Synonyms

• (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism): magnetised, magnetized
• (having the properties a magnet): attractive, repulsive
• (having an extraordinary ability to attract): appealing, attractive, charismatic, inviting, seductive

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism”): antimagnetic
• (antonym(s) of “determined by earth's magnetic fields”): geographic
• (antonym(s) of “having an extraordinary ability to attract”): repulsive
• non-magnetic, nonmagnetic

Derived terms

• aeromagnetic
• amagnetic
• antimagnetic
• biomagnetic
• chromomagnetic
• cryomagnetic
• diamagnetic
• electromagnetic
• ferrimagnetic
• ferromagnetic
• flexomagnetic
• functional magnetic resonance imaging
• galvanomagnetic
• geomagnetic
• gravimagnetic
• gravitomagnetic
• gyromagnetic
• heliomagnetic
• hydromagnetic
• hypermagnetic
• immunomagnetic
• magnetical
• magnetically
• magneticalness
• magnetic anisotropy
• magnetic battery
• magnetic bearing
• magnetic bottle
• magnetic card
• magnetic circuit
• magnetic compass
• magnetic core memory
• magnetic crochet
• magnetic declination
• magnetic deviation
• magnetic dip
• magnetic drawing board
• magnetic energy
• magnetic equator
• magnetic field
• magnetic flux
• magnetic flux density
• Magnetic Island
• magneticity
• magnetic lens
• magnetic levitation
• magnetic levitation train
• magnetic mine
• magnetic mirror
• magnetic moment
• magnetic monopole
• magneticness
• magnetic north
• magnetic North Pole
• magnetic permeability
• magnetic poetry
• magnetic polarity
• magnetic pole
• magnetic quantum number
• magnetic recording
• magnetic resonance angiography
• magnetic resonance imaging
• magnetic resonance tomography
• magnetic reversal
• magnetic stirrer
• magnetic strip
• magnetic stripe
• magnetic susceptibility
• magnetic tape
• magnetic termite
• magnetic thermometer
• magnetic trap
• magnetic variation
• metamagnetic
• micromagnetic
• nanomagnetic
• neuromagnetic
• non-magnetic
• nonmagnetic
• north magnetic pole
• nuclear magnetic pulse
• nuclear magnetic resonance
• palaeomagnetic
• paleomagnetic
• paramagnetic
• photomagnetic
• phrenomagnetic
• piezomagnetic
• pseudomagnetic
• pyromagnetic
• rotating magnetic field
• semimagnetic
• thermomagnetic
• ultramagnetic
• zoomagnetic

 

Related terms

• magnet

Translations

of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism

• Arabic: مِغْنَاطِيسِيّ (miḡnāṭīsiyy)
• Armenian: մագնիսական (hy) (magnisakan)
• Belarusian: магні́тны (mahnítny)
• Bulgarian: магни́тен (magníten)
• Catalan: magnètic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有磁性的 (yǒu cíxìng de)

• Czech: magnetický (cs)
• Dutch: magnetisch (nl)
• Finnish: magneettinen (fi)
• French: magnétique (fr)
• Galician: magnético (gl)
• Georgian: მაგნიტური (magniṭuri)
• German: magnetisch (de)
• Greek: μαγνητικός (el) (magnitikós)
• Hebrew: מַגְנֵטִי m (magnetí)
• Hungarian: mágnes- (hu), mágneses (hu)
• Irish: maighnéadach, adhmainteach
• Italian: magnetico (it)
• Japanese: 磁気の (ja) (じきの, jiki no)
• Kazakh: магниттік (magnittık)
• Korean: 자석의 (ko) (jaseog-ui)
• Kyrgyz: магниттик (magnittik)
• Latin: magneticus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: magnetisk

• Occitan: magnetic (oc)
• Persian: مغناطیسی (fa) (mağnâtisi)
• Polish: magnetyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: magnético (pt)
• Romanian: magnetic (ro)
• Russian: магни́тный (ru) (magnítnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: magnaiteach
• Slovak: magnetický
• Spanish: magnético (es)
• Swahili: -a sumaku
• Swedish: magnetisk (sv)
• Tagalog: balniin
• Thai: แม่เหล็ก (th) (mɛ̂ɛ-lèk)
• Ukrainian: магні́тний (mahnítnyj)
• Yiddish: מאַגנעטיש (magnetish)

having the properties a magnet

• Belarusian: магні́тны (mahnítny)
• Catalan: magnètic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有磁性的 (yǒu cíxìng de)

• Czech: magnetický (cs)
• Dutch: magnetisch (nl)
• Finnish: magneettinen (fi)
• French: magnétique (fr)
• Galician: magnético (gl)
• German: magnetisch (de)
• Greek: μαγνητικός (el) (magnitikós)
• Hungarian: mágneses (hu)
• Irish: maighnéadach, adhmainteach
• Italian: magnetico (it), magnetica (it)
• Japanese: 磁気の (ja) (じきの, jiki no)
• Kazakh: магниттік (magnittık)
• Latin: magnēsius
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: magnetisk

• Portuguese: magnético (pt)
• Romanian: magnetic (ro)
• Russian: магни́тный (ru) (magnítnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: magnaiteach
• Spanish: magnético (es)
• Swahili: -a sumaku
• Swedish: magnetisk (sv)
• Tagalog: balniin
• Ukrainian: магні́тний (mahnítnyj)
• Yiddish: מאַגנעטיש (magnetish)

determined by earth's magnetic fields

• Belarusian: магні́тны (mahnítny)
• Bulgarian: магни́тен (magníten)
• Czech: magnetický (cs)
• Dutch: magnetisch (nl)
• Finnish: magneettinen (fi)
• French: magnétique (fr)
• Galician: magnético (gl)
• German: magnetisch (de)
• Greek: μαγνητικός (el) (magnitikós)
• Hungarian: mágneses (hu)
• Irish: maighnéadach, adhmainteach
• Italian: magnetico (it)
• Japanese: 磁気の (ja) (じきの, jiki no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: magnetisk

• Portuguese: magnético (pt)
• Romanian: magnetic (ro)
• Russian: магни́тный (ru) (magnítnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: magnaiteach
• Slovak: magnetický
• Spanish: magnético (es)
• Swahili: -a sumaku
• Swedish: magnetisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: магні́тний (mahnítnyj)

having an extraordinary ability to attract

• Bulgarian: магнети́чен (magnetíčen)
• Catalan: magnètic (ca)
• Finnish: magneettinen (fi), puoleensavetävä (fi)
• French: magnétique (fr)
• Galician: magnético (gl)
• German: anziehend (de), (slang) magnetisch (de)
• Greek: σαγηνευτικός (el) (sagineftikós), μαγνητικός (el) (magnitikós)
• Hungarian: elragadó (hu), vonzó (hu)
• Italian: magnetico (it)
• Japanese: 引きつける (hikitsukeru), 惹きつける (hikitsukeru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fengslende (no), forførisk, lokkende, magnetisk, tiltrekkende

• Portuguese: magnético (pt)
• Romanian: atractiv (ro), magnetic (ro)
• Russian: магнети́ческий (ru) (magnetíčeskij)
• Spanish: magnético (es)
• Swedish: fängslande (sv), förförisk (sv), lockande (sv), magnetisk (sv), tilldragande (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 磁性 (zh) (cíxìng)

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} magneta (eo)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} magnetala (io)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అయస్కాంత (ayaskānta)

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

magnetic m (feminine singular magnetica, masculine plural magnetics, feminine plural magneticas)

1. magnetic
   • 2019 January 18, “La planeta dels tres pòls magnetics”, in Jornalet‎^[1]:

     Son camp magnetic es lo pus grand del Sistèma Solar.

     Its magnetic field is the largest in the Solar System.

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 617.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French magnétique. By surface analysis, magnet +‎ -ic.

Adjective

magnetic m or n (feminine singular magnetică, masculine plural magnetici, feminine and neuter plural magnetice)

1. magnetic

Declension

Declension of magnetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	magnetic		magnetică	magnetici	magnetice
	definite	magneticul		magnetica	magneticii	magneticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	magnetic		magnetice	magnetici	magnetice
	definite	magneticului		magneticei	magneticilor	magneticelor