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par·a·mag·net    Audio Help   [par-uh-mag-nit, par-uh-mag-] Pronunciation Key
–noun Physics.
a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.


[Origin: 1905–10; back formation from paramagnetic; see para-1, magnet]

par·a·mag·net·ism, noun
par·a·mag·net·ic    Audio Help   [par-uh-mag-net-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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par·a·mag·net·ic    Audio Help   (pār'ə-māg-nět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Relating to or being a substance in which an induced magnetic field is parallel and proportional to the intensity of the magnetizing field but is much weaker than in ferromagnetic materials.

par'a·mag·net'i·cal·ly adv., par'a·mag'net·ism (-māg'nĭ-tĭz'əm) n.
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paramagnetic

adjective
of or relating to a paramagnet 

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Paramagnetic

Di`a*mag*net"ic\, a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic.

Diamagnetic attraction. See under Attraction.
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