magnetism

n. attractive properties of a magnet; scientific study of magnets and magnetic phenomena; attraction, appeal, charisma (of a personality, etc.)

For other senses of this word, see magnetism (disambiguation).In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert attractive or repulsive forces on other materials. Some well known materials that exhibit easily detectable magnetic properties (called magnets) are nickel, iron and their alloys; however, all materials are influenced to greater or lesser degree by the presence of a magnetic field.
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Noun
1. attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
(synonym) magnetic attraction, magnetic force
(hypernym) attraction, attractive force
(hyponym) electromagnetism
(attribute) attractive(a), magnetic
2. the branch of science that studies magnetism
(synonym) magnetics
(hypernym) geophysics, geophysical science

(n.)
The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
  

(n.)
The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.
  

(n.)
Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
  

Magnetism [from Greek lithos magnetes Magnesian stone, magnetic oxide of iron, found in Magnesia in Thessaly] Scientifically, magnetic force is due to the movement of electric charges. While physics is concerned only with mineral magnetism, older thought saw the analogy between the various planes of nature and used magnetism in a wiser sense. The term animal magnetism is not so fanciful: The Secret Doctrine speaks of biune creative magnetism as acting in the constitution of man and animals in the form of the attraction of contraries as in sexual polarization; of there being seven forms of kosmic magnetism; of electricity and magnetism being manifestations of kundalini-sakti; of the world-soul as represented by a sevenfold cross whose arms are light, heat, magnetism, etc.
Magnetism, like other forces, is a manifestation of the activities of living beings. These forces are at the same time the physical counterparts, reflections, or phases of the universal cosmic electromagnetism, life-energy, or fohat. Magnetism, which is the alter ego of electricity, is that aspect or functioning of cosmic electromagnetism, mainly known to us as causing attraction and repulsion, and distinguished by bipolarity.
Both physical and physiological analogies suggest that terrestrial magnetism is inherent in some of the ultra-physical constituents of our globe, and that it must be powerfully influenced by the magnetism of other globes of the earth-chain, as well as by cosmic sources belonging to the solar system and even beyond.
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