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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Example Sentences

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

His greatest discoveries may be stated to have been magneto-electric induction, electro-chemical decomposition, the magnetization of light, and diamagnetism, the last announced in his memoir as the "magnetic condition of all matter."

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)

The properties of paramagnetism and diamagnetism are not possessed by solids only, but exist also in liquids and gases.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John