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Diamagnetic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to a substance that is repelled by a magnet.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Exhibiting diamagnetism; repelled by a magnet.

n. Any substance that exhibits diamagnetism.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. 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.

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. Contrasted with paramagnetic and ferromagnetic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or exhibiting diamagnetism.

n. A substance which is diamagnetic in a magnetic field of force. See diamagnetism, 1.

Of lower permeability than air. See magnetic *circuit.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet

Word Usage

"Bi is a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals."

Antonym

paramagnetic ferromagnetic

Cross Reference

antiferromagnetic ferromagnetic ferrimagnetic paramagnetic

Variant

paramagnetic

Rhyme

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