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mag·net·ic       (māg-nět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   Of or relating to magnetism or magnets. Having the properties of a magnet. Capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet. Operating by means of magnetism: a magnetic recorder. Relating to the magnetic poles of the earth: a magnetic compass bearing. Having an unusual power or ability to attract: a magnetic personality. mag·net'i·cal·ly adv.

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magnetic
adjective
1.	of or relating to or caused by magnetism; "magnetic forces"
2.	having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel; "the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material" [ant: antimagnetic]
3.	capable of being magnetized [ant: nonmagnetic]
4.	determined by earth's magnetic fields; "magnetic north"; "the needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole" [ant: geographic]
5.	possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality" [syn: charismatic]

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magnetic       (māg-nět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key  Producing, caused by, or making use of magnetic fields.

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Magnetic Springs, OH (village, FIPS 46830) Location: 40.35369 N, 83.26282 W
Population (1990): 373 (139 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43036

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Magnetic

Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L. magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]

1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.

2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.

3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.

4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.

She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne.

5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.

Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc. See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc.

Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power.

Magnetic compensator, a contrivance connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle.

Magnetic curves, curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet.

Magnetic elements. (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity. (c) See under Element.

Magnetic equator, the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal.

Magnetic field, or Field of magnetic force, any space through which magnet exerts its influence.

Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism.

Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as Magnetite.

Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the surveyor's.

Magnetic poles, the two points in the opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping needle is vertical.

Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite.

Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes.

Magnetic telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See Telegraph.

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Magnetic

Mag*net"ic\, n. 1. A magnet. [Obs.]

As the magnetic hardest iron draws. --Milton.

2. Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian.