Definition of diamagnetic Diamagnetic
/dajˌʌmægnɛˈtɪk/ - [dayumatgnetik] - di•a•mag•net•ic
We found 6 definitions of diamagnetic from 4 different sources.
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What does diamagnetic mean?
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| diamagnetic - relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet |
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Wiktionary 
- diamagnetic (Noun)
Any substance that exhibits diamagnetism. - diamagnetic (Adjective)
Exhibiting diamagnetism; repelled by a magnet.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- diamagnetic (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 (n.)
Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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diamagnetic
dī-a-mag-net′ik, adj. cross-magnetic—applied to any substance, such as a rod of bismuth or glass, which, when suspended between the poles of a magnet, arranges itself across the line joining the poles (a rod of iron or of sealing-wax so held arranges itself parallel to the line joining the poles, and is said to be Paramagnetic).—adv. Diamagnet′ically.—n. Diamag′netism, the form of magnetic action possessed by diamagnetic bodies: the branch of magnetism which deals with diamagnetic phenomena. [Gr. dia, through, magnētēs, magnēs, a magnet.]
