magnetic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/mæɡˈnɛtɪk/
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/mæɡˈnɛtɪk/ · /maɡˈnɛtɪk/ · /mæɡˈnetɪk/ · /mɛɡˈnetək/ · /ˈmæɡ.nə.ʈɪk/

Definition of magnetic

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
    “a magnetic recorder”
    “[M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.”
    “Retrieving that fingerprint involves a series of magnetic experiments that repeatedly heat and cool the object, exposing it to magnetic fields and then removing them.”
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adj

  1. Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
    “a magnetic recorder”
    “[M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.”
    “Retrieving that fingerprint involves a series of magnetic experiments that repeatedly heat and cool the object, exposing it to magnetic fields and then removing them.”
  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: attractive, alluring, persuasive
    “He has a magnetic personality.”
    “she that had all magnetic force alone”
  5. (archaic)Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.
    “a magnetic sleep”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From magnet + -ic.

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