diamagnetism

American  

[dahy-uh-mag-ni-tiz-uhm] / ˌdaɪ əˈmag nɪ tɪz əm /

noun

1. Physics. the characteristic properties of diamagnetic substances that cause them to be weakly repelled by a magnetic field; the science of such phenomena.

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diamagnetism British  

/ ˌdaɪəˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature Compare ferromagnetism paramagnetism

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diamagnetism Scientific  

/ dī′ə-măg′nĭ-tĭz′əm /

1. The property of being repelled by both poles of a magnet. Most substances commonly considered to be nonmagnetic, such as water, are actually diamagnetic. Though diamagnetism is a very weak effect compared with ferromagnetism and paramagnetism, it can be used to levitate objects.

2. Compare ferromagnetism paramagnetism See also Lenz's law

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diamagnetism

Although other types of magnetism, such as diamagnetism and paramagnetism have been categorised, these describe specific responses to externally applied magnetic fields rather than spontaneous magnetic orderings in materials.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

A Nobel Prize–winning physicist, Landau significantly advanced quantum mechanics with his theories of diamagnetism, superfluidity, and superconductivity.

From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2011

Whether diamagnetism, like magnetism, was a polar force, was in those days a subject of the most lively contention.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

And, moreover, they have the power of exciting fresh whirls in neighboring conductors, and of repelling them according to the laws of diamagnetism.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

We also discovered instances which led us to suppose that the magne-crystallic force was by no means independent, as alleged, of the magnetism or diamagnetism of the mass of the crystal.

From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John