magnetism

English

Etymology

magnet +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: mägnĕtĭzm, IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪz.əm/
Audio (UK) (file)
Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧tism

Noun

magnetism (countable and uncountable, plural magnetisms)

(physics) The property of being magnetic.
(physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
Animal magnetism.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:
  Mediums [...] should also realise that it is essential to lead a particularly abstinent life, and to conserve their magnetism.

Synonyms

(property of being magnetic): magneticness

Derived terms

animal magnetism
archaeomagnetism
biomagnetism
chromomagnetism
diamagnetism
electromagnetism
femtomagnetism
ferrimagnetism
ferromagnetism
galvanomagnetism
geomagnetism
gravitomagnetism
gyromagnetism
heliomagnetism
metamagnetism
micromagnetism
mictomagnetism
nanomagnetism
neuromagnetism
palaeomagnetism
paleomagnetism
paramagnetism
photomagnetism
phrenomagnetism
piezomagnetism
thermomagnetism
zoomagnetism

Translations

the property of being magnetic

Albanian: magnetizëm (sq) m
Arabic: مِغْنَاطِيسِيَّة‎ f (miḡnāṭīsiyya), مَغْنَاطِيسِيَّة‎ f (maḡnāṭīsiyya)
Armenian: մագնիսականություն (hy) (magnisakanutʿyun)
Asturian: magnetismu
Azerbaijani: maqnetizm
Basque: magnetismo (eu)
Belarusian: магнеты́зм m (mahnjetýzm), магнэты́зм m (mahnetýzm)
Bengali: চুম্বকত্ব (cumbkôtẇ)
Bulgarian: магнети́зъм m (magnetízǎm)
Catalan: magnetisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 磁性 (zh) (cíxìng) (property), 磁學／磁学 (cíxué) (science)
Crimean Tatar: mıqnatislik
Czech: magnetismus (cs) m
Danish: magnetisme c
Dutch: magnetisme (nl) n
Esperanto: magnetismo (eo)
Estonian: magnetism (et)
Faroese: magnetisma f
Finnish: magnetismi (fi)
French: magnétisme (fr) m
Galician: magnetismo
Georgian: მაგნეტიზმი (magneṭizmi)
German: Magnetismus (de) m
Greek: μαγνητισμός (el) m (magnitismós)
Hebrew: מַגְנֵטִיּוּת‎ (he) f (magnétiut)
Hindi: चुंबकत्व m (cumbakatva)
Hungarian: mágnesesség (hu)
Icelandic: segulmagn n
Indonesian: magnetik (id)
Irish: maighnéadas m, adhmainteas m
Italian: magnetismo (it) m
Japanese: 磁気 (ja) (じき, jiki), 磁性 (ja) (じせい, jisei)
Kazakh: магнетизм (magnetizm)
Korean: 자기(磁氣) (ko) (jagi)
Kyrgyz: магнетизм (magnetizm)
Latin: magnētismus m
Latvian: magnētisms m
Lithuanian: magnetizmas m
Macedonian: магнети́зам m (magnetízam)
Malay: kemagnetan (ms), magnetisme
Norman: manniétisme m (continental Normandy)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: magnetisme m
Pashto: مقناطيسيت‎ m (maqnātisyat)
Persian: مغناطیس‎ (fa) (mağnâtis)
Portuguese: magnetismo (pt) m
Romanian: magnetism (ro) n
Russian: магнети́зм (ru) m (magnetízm)
Sardinian: magnetismu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: магнетѝзам m
Roman: magnetìzam (sh) m
Sicilian: magnetismu m
Slovak: magnetizmus m
Slovene: magnetizem m
Spanish: magnetismo (es) m
Swedish: magnetism (sv) c
Tagalog: kabalnian, balnian
Telugu: అయస్కాంతత్వము (te) (ayaskāntatvamu)
Thai: ความเป็นแม่เหล็ก (kwaam-bpen-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk)
Turkish: manyetizma (tr)
Turkmen: magnetizm
Ukrainian: магнети́зм m (mahnetýzm)
Urdu: مِقناطِیسِیَّت‎ f (miqnātīsiyyat)
Uzbek: magnetizm (uz)
Vietnamese: từ tính (vi), tính từ (vi)

science which treats of magnetic phenomena

Bulgarian: магнети́зъм m (magnetízǎm)
German: Magnetismus (de) m

power of attraction; power to excite the feelings

Bulgarian: привлека́телност (bg) f (privlekátelnost), магнети́чност f (magnetíčnost)
German: Anziehungskraft (de) f

Romanian

Etymology

From French magnétisme.

Noun

magnetism n (uncountable)

magnetism

Declension

declension of magnetism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) magnetism	magnetismul
genitive/dative	(unui) magnetism	magnetismului
vocative	magnetismule

Swedish

Etymology

magnet +‎ -ism

Noun

magnetism c

magnetism

Declension

Declension of magnetism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	magnetism	magnetismen	—	—
Genitive	magnetisms	magnetismens	—	—

Related terms

elektromagnetism