magnetic

• magnetical (dated)
• magnetick (obsolete)

From magnet +‎ -ic.

• IPA^(key): /mæɡˈnɛtɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

magnetic (comparative more magnetic, superlative most magnetic)

1. Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.

   a magnetic recorder

   • 1818, Thomas Brown, Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect, third edition, page 83:

     [M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.

   • 2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Retrieving that fingerprint involves a series of magnetic experiments that repeatedly heat and cool the object, exposing it to magnetic fields and then removing them.

2. Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.
3. Determined by earth's magnetic fields.

   magnetic north

   the magnetic meridian

4. Having an extraordinary ability to attract: attractive, alluring, persuasive

   He has a magnetic personality.

   • 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World—The First Anniversery:

     she that had all magnetic force alone

5. (archaic) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.

   a magnetic sleep

• (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism): magnetised, magnetized
• (having the properties a magnet): attractive, repulsive
• (having an extraordinary ability to attract): alluring, appealing, attractive, captivating, charismatic, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating, inviting, seductive, charming, appealing

• (antonym(s) of “of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism”): antimagnetic
• (antonym(s) of “determined by earth's magnetic fields”): geographic
• (antonym(s) of “having an extraordinary ability to attract”): repulsive
• non-magnetic, nonmagnetic

• magnet

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magnetic m (feminine singular magnetica, masculine plural magnetics, feminine plural magneticas)

1. magnetic
   • 2019 January 18, “La planeta dels tres pòls magnetics”, in Jornalet‎^[2]:

     Son camp magnetic es lo pus grand del Sistèma Solar.

     Its magnetic field is the largest in the Solar System.

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[3], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 617.

Borrowed from French magnétique. By surface analysis, magnet +‎ -ic.

magnetic m or n (feminine singular magnetică, masculine plural magnetici, feminine and neuter plural magnetice)

1. magnetic