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5 dictionary results for: Paramagnetism
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
par·a·mag·net       [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]

—Related forms
par·a·mag·net·ism, noun
par·a·mag·net·ic       [par-uh-mag-net-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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par·a·mag·net·ic       (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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paramagnetism

noun
materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed 

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paramagnetism       (pār'ə-māg'nĭ-tĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
The property of being weakly attracted to either pole of a magnet. Paramagnetic materials, such as aluminum and platinum, become slightly magnetized when exposed to a magnetic field, but they lose their magnetism when the field is removed. When these materials are magnetized by a nearby magnet, the orientation of their north and sole poles results in their being attracted to the closest pole of the magnet. Compare diamagnetism, ferromagnetism.

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Paramagnetism

Par`a*mag"net*ism\, n. Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. --Faraday.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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