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supermagnetic

supermagnetic adjective: very strongly magnetic.

Adjective

supermagnetic (not comparable)

  1. Very strongly magnetic.
    • During ‘1927, loading coils for use in local exchange and toll cables employing the new supermagnetic material, “permalloy,” in their cores were produced. “Permalloy” is an alloy of iron and nickel which was developed a few years ago by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.1927, David Fishlock, Telephony the American Telephone: Volume 93, Issue 27, Penton Media, Inc., Penton Business Media, Inc., page 18
    • They also reported exceptionally high susceptibilities in the case of platinum dispersed on charcoal in amounts varying from 0.006 to 0.0001 part per gram. They were unable to explain this “supermagnetic” phenomenon.1961, American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Solid Surfaces and the Gas-Solid Interface, American Chemical Society, page 89

Origin of supermagnetic

From super- + magnetic.

Words that rhyme with supermagnetic

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Questions about supermagnetic

What does supermagnetic mean?
Supermagnetic means very strongly magnetic.
What part of speech is supermagnetic?
Supermagnetic is an adjective.

Words near supermagnetic in the dictionary

  1. supermacromolecular
  2. supermacromolecule
  3. supermacromolecules
  4. supermacroporous
  5. supermagnet
  6. supermagnetic
  7. supermagnetosonic
  8. supermagnets
  9. supermagnificent
  10. supermajestic
  11. supermajor

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