magnetism

English

Etymology

From magnet +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mägnĕtĭzm, IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tism

Noun

magnetism (countable and uncountable, plural magnetisms)

1. (physics) The property of being magnetic.
2. (physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
3. Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
4. Animal magnetism.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:

     Mediums [...] should also realise that it is essential to lead a particularly abstinent life, and to conserve their magnetism.

Synonyms

• (property of being magnetic): magneticness

Derived terms

• animal magnetism
• archaeomagnetism
• biomagnetism
• chromomagnetism
• diamagnetism
• directional magnetism
• electromagnetism
• femtomagnetism
• ferrimagnetism
• ferromagnetism
• galvanomagnetism
• geomagnetism
• gravitomagnetism
• gyromagnetism
• heliomagnetism
• magnetism-based interaction capture
• metamagnetism
• micromagnetism
• mictomagnetism
• nanomagnetism
• neuromagnetism
• palaeomagnetism
• paleomagnetism
• paramagnetism
• photomagnetism
• phrenomagnetism
• piezomagnetism
• thermomagnetism
• thermoremanent magnetism
• zoomagnetism

 

Translations

the property of being magnetic

• Albanian: magnetizëm (sq) m
• Arabic: مِغْنَاطِيسِيَّة f (miḡnāṭīsiyya), مَغْنَاطِيسِيَّة f (maḡnāṭīsiyya)
• Armenian: մագնիսականություն (hy) (magnisakanutʻyun)
• Asturian: magnetismu
• Azerbaijani: maqnetizm
• Basque: magnetismo (eu)
• Belarusian: магнеты́зм m (mahnjetýzm), магнэты́зм m (mahnetýzm)
• Bengali: চুম্বকত্ব (cumbokotto)
• Bulgarian: магнети́зъм m (magnetízǎm)
• Catalan: magnetisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磁性 (zh) (cíxìng) (property), 磁學／磁学 (cíxué) (science)

• Crimean Tatar: mıqnatislik, magnetizm
• Czech: magnetismus (cs) m
• Danish: magnetisme c
• Dutch: magnetisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: magnetismo (eo)
• Estonian: magnetism (et)
• Faroese: magnetisma f
• Finnish: magnetismi (fi)
• French: magnétisme (fr) m
• Galician: magnetismo (gl)
• Georgian: მაგნეტიზმი (magneṭizmi)
• German: Magnetismus (de) m
• Greek: μαγνητισμός (el) m (magnitismós)
• Hebrew: מַגְנֵטִיּוּת (he) f (magnétiut)
• Hindi: चुंबकत्व m (cumbakatva)
• Hungarian: mágnesesség (hu)
• Icelandic: segulmagn n
• Indonesian: magnetik (id)
• Irish: maighnéadas m, adhmainteas m
• Italian: magnetismo (it) m
• Japanese: 磁気 (ja) (じき, jiki), 磁性 (ja) (じせい, jisei)
• Kazakh: магнетизм (magnetizm)
• Korean: 자기(磁氣) (ko) (jagi)
• Kyrgyz: магнетизм (magnetizm)
• Latin: magnētismus m
• Latvian: magnētisms m
• Lithuanian: magnetizmas m
• Macedonian: магнети́зам m (magnetízam)
• Malay: kemagnetan (ms), magnetisme
• Norman: manniétisme m (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: magnetisme m

• Pashto: مقناطيسيت m (maqnātisyat)
• Persian: مغناطیس (fa) (mağnâtis)
• Portuguese: magnetismo (pt) m
• Romanian: magnetism (ro) n
• Russian: магнети́зм (ru) m (magnetízm)
• Sardinian: magnetismu m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: магнетѝзам m

  Roman: magnetìzam (sh) m

• Sicilian: magnetismu m
• Slovak: magnetizmus m
• Slovene: magnetizem m
• Spanish: magnetismo (es) m
• Swahili: usumaku (sw)
• Swedish: magnetism (sv) c
• Tagalog: kabalnian, balnian
• Telugu: అయస్కాంతత్వము (te) (ayaskāntatvamu)
• Thai: ความเป็นแม่เหล็ก (kwaam-bpen-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk)
• Turkish: manyetizma (tr)
• Turkmen: magnetizm
• Ukrainian: магнети́зм m (mahnetýzm)
• Urdu: مِقناطِیسِیَّت f (miqnātīsiyyat)
• Uzbek: magnetizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: từ tính (vi), tính từ (vi)

science which treats of magnetic phenomena

• Bulgarian: магнети́зъм m (magnetízǎm)
• German: Magnetismus (de) m

power of attraction; power to excite the feelings

• Bulgarian: привлека́телност (bg) f (privlekátelnost), магнети́чност f (magnetíčnost)
• German: Anziehungskraft (de) f

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French magnétisme. By surface analysis, magnet +‎ -ism.

Noun

magnetism n (uncountable)

1. magnetism

Declension

declension of magnetism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) magnetism	magnetismul
genitive/dative	(unui) magnetism	magnetismului
vocative	magnetismule

Swedish

Etymology

magnet +‎ -ism

Noun

magnetism c

1. magnetism

Declension

Declension of magnetism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	magnetism	magnetisms
	definite	magnetismen	magnetismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• elektromagnetism