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Definition of Paramagnetic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a paramagnet.
Definition of Paramagnetic
1. a. Magnetic, as opposed to diamagnetic.
Definition of Paramagnetic
1. Adjective. (physics) exhibiting paramagnetism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paramagnetic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Paramagnetic
1. Magnetic, as opposed to diamagnetic. A paramagnetic substance. Paramagnet"ically. Origin: Pref. Para- + magnetic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paramagnetic
Literary usage of Paramagnetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Electrical Theory by Norman Robert Campbell (1907)
"When a paramagnetic body is placed magnetism. ^naj^g^^g fiei(J) magnetism is
induced in it such that it appears to be a magnet with its positive pole facing ..."
2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"In paramagnetic materials the electron spins are essentially uncoupled and free
... Like diamagnetic materials, paramagnetic materials serve as structural ..."
3. A Treatise on Magnetism: General and Terrestrial by Humphrey Lloyd (1874)
"That in soft iron, and other paramagnetic bodies, the pole induced in the side
next the inducing pole is of a contrary kind ; and that, consequently, ..."
4. Magnetic Fields of Force: An Exposition of the Phenomena of Magnetism by Hermann Ebert (1897)
"Media which behave in this manner are called ' diamagnetic,' to distinguish them
from paramagnetic media which behave like soft iron. Models of paramagnetic ..."
5. A Physical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Edward Henry Gordon (1891)
"From some later experiments he deduced the following list, at one end of which
is iron, the strongest paramagnetic; at the other, bismuth, the strongest ..."
6. A Physical treatise on eletricity and magnetism v. 2 by James Edward Henry Gordon (1880)
"Faraday found that almost all compounds of paramagnetic metals were themselves
paramagnetic. Blood and yellow ferro-cyanide of potassium are, however, ..."
7. Principles of Electrical Engineering by Harold Pender (1911)
"paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Substances. — It is found by experiment that a magnet
attracts not only iron and steel, but to a less extent nickel and cobalt. ..."