What does the word magnetic mean?
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Same etymon. That which belongs or relates to magnetism :-mineral or animal.
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Of, pertaining to, or produced by a magnet or magnetism, as M. attraction and repulsion; possessed of or characterized by magnetism, as M. oxide( or natural magnet; see Magnet and Iron oxide). M. deviation, see Magnet. M. induction, the force by virtue of which a magnet causes neighboring but not contiguous bodies to become magnets, and produces an electric current in an adjacent mental coil. M. poles, the points, north and south, to which the extremities of a magnet tend to point; also the extremities of a magnet itself. M. variation, see Magnet.
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Usage examples for magnetic
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From the Magnetic Hill, Mr. Poole went to the latter, and ascended the highest part of it. – Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt
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Bronze being non- magnetic, while iron and steel are highly so, previous observations have proved liable to error. – Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie
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If you have read it correctly, you have learned that magnetic growth cannot be hurried. – Mastery of Self by Frank Channing Haddock
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