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

The most perplexing of those facts were shown to result from the action of mechanical couples, which the proved polarity both of magnetism and diamagnetism brought into play.

From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John

At the last lecture we attended he showed the diamagnetism of flame, which had been proved by a foreign philosopher.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

But the most rigid proof, a proof admitted to be conclusive by those who have denied the antithesis of magnetism and diamagnetism, remains to be stated.

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