Definition of Paramagnet

1. Noun. Magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it.

Generic synonyms: Magnet
Derivative terms: Paramagnetic

Definition of Paramagnet

1. Noun. (physics) Any paramagnetic material ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paramagnet

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paramagnet

paralytick
paralytics
paralyzant
paralyzation
paralyzations
paralyze
paralyzed
paralyzer
paralyzers
paralyzes
paralyzing
paralyzing vertigo
paralyzingly
paralyzis
param
paramagnet (current term)
paramagnetic
paramagnetically
paramagneticlike
paramagnetism
paramagnetisms
paramagnets
paramagnon
paramaleic
paramaleic acid
paramalic
paramalic acid
paramammary lymph nodes
paramania
paramaniac

Literary usage of Paramagnet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"... has built up a theory of dia- and paramagnet- ism which has been extended to ferromagnet- ism by Weiss.4 These theories have been of value in ..."

2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"ESE and ENDOR can be used to identify nuclei and parameterize the magnetic coupling between nuclei and paramagnet, thus providing a means to characterize ..."

3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1898)
"... co-acting forces, and whose intermediate diagonal represents the resultant force. paramagnet.—(1) A magnet produced by iron or other magnetic substance. ..."

4. Catalogue and Handbook of Electrical Wires and Cables by American Steel & Wire Co (1910)
"paramagnet. A magnet produced by iron or other magnetic substance. A ferromagnet. paramagnetic. Possessing the properties ordinarily recognized as magnetic. ..."

5. Hawkins' Electrical Dictionary: A Cyclopedia of Words, Terms, Phrases and by Nehemiah Hawkins (1910)
"paramagnet.—A paramagnetic substance; a substance, such as iron, which readily becomes magnetic. paramagnetic. — Magnetic; having the property of being ..."

6. Dental Metallurgy, for the Use of Dental Students and Practitioners by Ewing Paul Brady (1917)
"The two varieties of magnetism spoken of as paramagnet- ism and diamagnetism, respectively, mean attraction or repulsion to the magnet. ..."

7. A New Medical Dictionary: Including All the Words and Phrases Used in by George Milbry Gould (1890)
"paramagnet'ic (xapa, magnetic). A term applied to the ordinary form of magni ti>m, in which the orientation is north and south, in distinction to ..."

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