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magnetism

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmægnɪtɪzəm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmægnɪˌtɪzəm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mag′ni tiz′əm)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mag•net•ism /ˈmægnɪˌtɪzəm/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Electricitythe properties of attraction that magnets possess:weakened magnetism.
  2. strong attractive power or charm.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mag•net•ism  (mag′ni tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Electricitythe properties of attraction possessed by magnets;
    the molecular properties common to magnets.
  2. Electricitythe agency producing magnetic phenomena.
  3. Electricitythe science dealing with magnetic phenomena.
  4. strong attractive power or charm:Everyone succumbed to the magnetism of his smile.
  • Neo-Latin magnētismus. See magnet, -ism
  • 1610–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
magnetism /ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm/ n
  1. the property of attraction displayed by magnets
  2. any of a class of phenomena in which a field of force is caused by a moving electric charge
    See also electromagnetism, ferromagnetism, diamagnetism, paramagnetism
  3. the branch of physics concerned with magnetic phenomena
  4. powerful attraction
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