magnetism
Syllables: mag·ne·tism/ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/
magnetism noun: the property of being magnetic.
Noun
magnetism (countable and uncountable, plural magnetisms)
- The property of being magnetic.
- Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core.2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- magneticness
- The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
- Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
- Animal magnetism.
- Mediums [...] should also realise that it is essential to lead a particularly abstinent life, and to conserve their magnetism.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231
magnetism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
magnetism in Hindi
- the property of being magnetic
- चुंबकत्व cumbakatva
magnetism in Tamil
- காந்தவியல், காந்த விசைப் புலங்களின் இயல்புகள், அவை உண்டாகக் காரணம்
magnetism in Urdu
- the property of being magnetic
- مِقناطِیسِیَّت miqnātīsiyyat
magnetism in Bengali
- the property of being magnetic
- চুম্বকত্ব cumbokotto
More languagesFewer languages
- magnetism in Telugu
- అయస్కాంతత్వము ayaskāntatvamu
- magnetism in Malayalam
- കാന്തത, കാന്തത്വം, കാന്തശക്തി, കാന്തികശക്തി
- magnetism in Kannada
- ಕಾಂತತ್ವ, ಲೋಹಾಕರ್ಷಕತ್ವ, ಅಯಸ್ಕಾಂತತ್ವ, ಕಾಂತೀಯತೆ
- magnetism in Pashto
- مقناطيسيت maqnātisyat
- magnetism in Tagalog
- kabalnian, balnian
- magnetism in Arabic
- مِغْنَاطِيسِيَّة miḡnāṭīsiyya, مَغْنَاطِيسِيَّة maḡnāṭīsiyya
- magnetism in Malay
- kemagnetan, magnetisme
- magnetism in Indonesian
- magnetik
- magnetism in Persian
- مغناطیس maġnâtis
- magnetism in Thai
- ความเป็นแม่เหล็ก kwaam-bpen-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk
- magnetism in Vietnamese
- từ tính, tính từ
Examples of magnetism in a sentence
- Electricity and magnetism are mechanochemical sciences.
- This so-called "field flashing" reestablishes the residual magnetism to allow the generator to self-excite.
- It has been evidenced that magnetism can give rise to electricity and vice versa.
Synonyms of magnetism
Forms of magnetism
| plural | magnetisms |
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Origin of magnetism
From magnet + -ism.
Words formed from magnetism
- altermagnetism
- animal magnetism
- antiferromagnetism
- archaeomagnetism
- biomagnetism
- chromomagnetism
- diamagnetism
- directional magnetism
- electromagnetism
- femtomagnetism
- ferrimagnetism
- ferromagnetism
- flexomagnetism
- galvanomagnetism
- geomagnetism
- gravitomagnetism
- gyromagnetism
- heliomagnetism
- magnetism-based interaction capture
- metamagnetism
- micromagnetism
- mictomagnetism
- nanomagnetism
- neuromagnetism
- palaeomagnetism
- paleomagnetism
- paramagnetism
- photomagnetism
- phrenomagnetism
- piezomagnetism
- pyromagnetism
- thermomagnetism
- thermoremanent magnetism
- zoomagnetism
Questions about magnetism
- What does magnetism mean?
- Magnetism means the property of being magnetic.
- What is magnetism in Hindi?
- Magnetism in Hindi is चुंबकत्व (cumbakatva). See Magnetism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is magnetism?
- Magnetism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce magnetism?
- Magnetism is pronounced /ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of magnetism?
- The plural of magnetism is magnetisms.
Words near magnetism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: magnetism (page history and authors); magnetism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magnetism (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); magnetism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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