diamagnetic

[ dahy-uh-mag-net-ik ]

adjectivePhysics.
  1. of or relating to a class of substances, as bismuth and copper, whose permeability is less than that of a vacuum: in a magnetic field, their induced magnetism is in a direction opposite to that of iron.

Origin of diamagnetic

1
First recorded in 1840–50; dia- + magnetic

Other words from diamagnetic

  • di·a·mag·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • di·a·mag·net·ism [dahy-uh-mag-ni-tiz-uhm], /ˌdaɪ əˈmæg nɪˌtɪz əm/, noun

Words Nearby diamagnetic

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How to use diamagnetic in a sentence

  • The first group is paramagnetic and positive; the corresponding one is diamagnetic and negative.

    Occult Chemistry | Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater
  • By a similar arrangement the feeble attractions and repulsions of the diamagnetic force have been made manifest.

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • He had already magnetized a ray of polarised light, but was still lecturing on the magnetic and diamagnetic properties of matter.

  • All the tissues of the human body, the blood—though it contains iron—included, were proved to be diamagnetic.

  • He also proved that the amount of the rotation is proportional to the length of the diamagnetic through which the ray passes.

British Dictionary definitions for diamagnetic

diamagnetic

/ (ˌdaɪəmæɡˈnɛtɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, exhibiting, or concerned with diamagnetism

Derived forms of diamagnetic

  • diamagnetically, adverb

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