magnetic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
magnetic/maɡˈnetɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 exhibiting magnetism.
- 2 (of a bearing in navigation) measured relative to magnetic north.
- 3 very attractive or alluring.
– derivatives
magnetically adverb.
magnetically adverb.
'magnetic' also found in these Oxford entries:
aclinic line
- agonic line
- antiparticle
- armature
- astatic
- audio tape
- aurora
- B
- bearing
- betatron
- bias
- bpi
- bremsstrahlung
- circular polarization
- cobalt
- coercivity
- coil
- compass
- compass card
- cyclotron
- demagnetize
- deviation
- diamagnetic
- digital
- digital audiotape
- dip
- dynamo
- eddy current
- electrodynamics
- electromagnetic
- electromagnetic radiation
- electron optics
- Faraday effect
- ferrofluid
- ferromagnetic
- floppy
- flux
- gamma
- gauss
- geomagnetism
- gradiometer
- gyromagnetic
- H
- hard disk
- hysteresis
- inclination
- induce
- induction
- inductive
- influence
