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magnetic force - attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force | ||
magnetism, magnetic attraction | ||
attractive force, attraction the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" | ||
attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations" | ||
electromagnetism the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena | ||
antiferromagnetism magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | ||
diamagnetism phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet | ||
ferromagnetism phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed |