diamagnetic
[dahy-uh-mag-net-ik]
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adjective Physics.
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.
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These rays impinge upon a diamagnetic surface which is concave.
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A diamagnetic body is one which is not so magnetic as the medium in which it is suspended.
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Water is diamagnetic, sulphate of iron is strongly magnetic.
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Nitrogen is neither paramagnetic nor diamagnetic, and is equivalent to a vacuum.
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Bodies that point equatorially, or are diamagnetic, like Faraday's heavy glass.
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diamagnetic
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diamagnetism
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