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paramagnetic

American

[par-uh-mag-net-ik] / ˌpær ə mægˈnɛt ɪk /

adjective

Physics. having the properties of a paramagnet, a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, exhibits induced magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength.

Deoxygenated blood cells are paramagnetic, while oxygenated blood cells are diamagnetic.

Etymology

Origin of paramagnetic

para- ¹ ( def. ) + magnetic ( def. )

Example Sentences

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This alignment would otherwise require a powerful magnetic field to activate, since cerium fluoride is naturally paramagnetic with randomly oriented spins even at zero temperature.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

Many transition metal complexes have unpaired electrons and hence are paramagnetic.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Topological quantization of the spin Hall effect in two-dimensional paramagnetic semiconductors.

From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018

Silver has paramagnetic characteristics, which means that it has magnetic effects that are weak.

From Encyclopedia.com • Feb. 5, 2018

It becomes less paramagnetic, volume for volume, as it is rarefied, and apparently in the simple proportion of its rarefaction, the temperature remaining the same.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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