Magnetism
noun
The power that lets materials like iron or steel attract or pull to other objects.
Fridges use magnetism to hold papers on their surface.
Often appears as...
- earth's magnetism
- magnetic fields
noun
A quality that makes people like or attracted to somebody or something.
His smile and charm have a certain magnetism that draws people to him.
Often appears as...
- animal magnetism
- personal magnetism
noun
The science studying magnets and their effects.
He has an interest in magnetism and its practical applications.
Often appears as...
- study of magnetism
- magnetism research
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The power that lets materials like iron or steel attract or pull to other objects.
Fridges use magnetism to hold papers on their surface.
Often appears as...
- earth's magnetism
- magnetic fields
noun
A quality that makes people like or attracted to somebody or something.
His smile and charm have a certain magnetism that draws people to him.
Often appears as...
- animal magnetism
- personal magnetism
noun
The science studying magnets and their effects.
He has an interest in magnetism and its practical applications.
Often appears as...
- study of magnetism
- magnetism research
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Phenomenon
Understand that magnetism refers to a physical force exerted by magnets.
Magnetism causes the compass needle to point north.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Force
Recognize magnetism as an invisible, natural force like gravity.
Just as gravity keeps us grounded, magnetism can make objects stick together.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Context
Magnetism is often discussed in science, especially physics.
In physics class, we learned how magnetism works.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Phenomenon
Understand that magnetism refers to a physical force exerted by magnets.
Magnetism causes the compass needle to point north.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Force
Recognize magnetism as an invisible, natural force like gravity.
Just as gravity keeps us grounded, magnetism can make objects stick together.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Context
Magnetism is often discussed in science, especially physics.
In physics class, we learned how magnetism works.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Phenomenon
Understand that magnetism refers to a physical force exerted by magnets.
Magnetism causes the compass needle to point north.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Force
Recognize magnetism as an invisible, natural force like gravity.
Just as gravity keeps us grounded, magnetism can make objects stick together.
Pro Tip 3/3Scientific Context
Magnetism is often discussed in science, especially physics.
In physics class, we learned how magnetism works.
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The power of introverts...
to a world of big business. And so suddenly people are moving from small towns to the cities. And instead of working alongside people they've known all their lives, now they are having to prove themselves in a crowd of strangers. So, quite understandably, qualities like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important.
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My $500 house in Detroit...
showing me Detroit wasn't just black and white, and diversity could flourish when it's encouraged. Each year, neighbors assemble to bale hay for the farm animals on the block, teaching me just how much a small group of people can get done when they work together, and the magnetism of fantastical yet practical ideas.
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Magnets as Brakes? PIPE I...
works it's been discovered that homing pigeons have got a naturally occurring magnetic mineral in their beaks called magnetite this makes them sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field and helps with their navigation one of the surprising things about magnetism is its relationship to electricity did you know
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Can India's Tigers and...
very disconnected from nature so even going either walking into a forest or sitting on a jeep and riding through brings back a connection to nature that most people have lost after their childhood this animal has this fantastic magnetism and personality to drawing people in droves literally to come
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The power of introverts...
are having to prove themselves at a crowd of strangers so quite understandably quality is like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important I'm sure enough the self-help books change to meet these new needs and they start to have names like how to win friends and influence
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A Darwinian theory of...
is to make them beautiful, to have them exert a kind of magnetism to give you the pleasure of simply looking at them. Consider briefly an important source of aesthetic pleasure, the magnetic pull of beautiful landscapes. People in very different cultures
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How to spark your...
but I think that everyone could be doing more hands-on experiments. And actually I think we sort of -- I'll give you another example. I was recently working with some middle school students, helping them learn about magnetism,
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Tom Shannon: The painter...
It's really unsatisfactory having plug-in art. I agree. The magnetic works are a combination of gravity and magnetism, so it's a kind of mixture of these ambient forces that influence everything.
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The impact of Simón...
voice was galvanizing he had a magnetism that dwarfed sturdier men he enjoyed good cuisine but could stand days even weeks of punishing starvation he spent back-breaking hours in the
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Sticky Gecko Feet PIPE...
not exactly magnetism more like a molecular embrace indeed the contact is so close that in a sense the Gecko almost becomes part of the object it's
Video examples
The power of introverts...
to a world of big business. And so suddenly people are moving from small towns to the cities. And instead of working alongside people they've known all their lives, now they are having to prove themselves in a crowd of strangers. So, quite understandably, qualities like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important.
Video examples
My $500 house in Detroit...
showing me Detroit wasn't just black and white, and diversity could flourish when it's encouraged. Each year, neighbors assemble to bale hay for the farm animals on the block, teaching me just how much a small group of people can get done when they work together, and the magnetism of fantastical yet practical ideas.
Video examples
Magnets as Brakes? PIPE I...
works it's been discovered that homing pigeons have got a naturally occurring magnetic mineral in their beaks called magnetite this makes them sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field and helps with their navigation one of the surprising things about magnetism is its relationship to electricity did you know
Video examples
Can India's Tigers and...
very disconnected from nature so even going either walking into a forest or sitting on a jeep and riding through brings back a connection to nature that most people have lost after their childhood this animal has this fantastic magnetism and personality to drawing people in droves literally to come
Video examples
The power of introverts...
are having to prove themselves at a crowd of strangers so quite understandably quality is like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important I'm sure enough the self-help books change to meet these new needs and they start to have names like how to win friends and influence
Video examples
A Darwinian theory of...
is to make them beautiful, to have them exert a kind of magnetism to give you the pleasure of simply looking at them. Consider briefly an important source of aesthetic pleasure, the magnetic pull of beautiful landscapes. People in very different cultures
Video examples
How to spark your...
but I think that everyone could be doing more hands-on experiments. And actually I think we sort of -- I'll give you another example. I was recently working with some middle school students, helping them learn about magnetism,
Video examples
Tom Shannon: The painter...
It's really unsatisfactory having plug-in art. I agree. The magnetic works are a combination of gravity and magnetism, so it's a kind of mixture of these ambient forces that influence everything.
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
voice was galvanizing he had a magnetism that dwarfed sturdier men he enjoyed good cuisine but could stand days even weeks of punishing starvation he spent back-breaking hours in the
Video examples
Sticky Gecko Feet PIPE...
not exactly magnetism more like a molecular embrace indeed the contact is so close that in a sense the Gecko almost becomes part of the object it's
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Quote examples
Michio Kaku
American Physicist
We can summarize electricity, magnetism and gravity into equations one inch long, and that's the power of field theory. And so I said to myself: I will create a field theory of strings. And when I did it one day, it was incredible, realizing that on a sheet of paper I can write down an equation which summarized almost all physical knowledge.
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Elizabeth Bibesco
British Poet
The only thing that matters is to have charm and expression. Then comes that horrible gnawing doubt of our own magnetism. Is it possible that, though we are not lovely, we are not irresistible either? That we will have to go through life belonging neither to the triumphantly beautiful nor to the triumphantly ugly?
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Amanda Schull
American Actress
What a person feels within themselves and about themselves radiates from them. Trust me, I have worked with people - both men and women - who are not what most would consider conventionally attractive, but who exude such a magnetism about them that people are compelled to watch them on stage or screen.
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Ethan Canin
American Author
Politicians are already exaggerated. They're bigger than life in every way - their appetites, their ambitions, their personalities, their failings, their magnetism. In a sense, they're made for fiction.
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Johannes P. Muller
German Scientist
To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism.
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Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away.
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Ben Foster
American Actor
The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.
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Julian May
American Writer
We have people who are healers and those who posses a certain animal magnetism.
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Wesley Snipes
American Actor
I think I have kind of a natural magnetism.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
We can summarize electricity, magnetism and gravity into equations one inch long, and that's the power of field theory. And so I said to myself: I will create a field theory of strings. And when I did it one day, it was incredible, realizing that on a sheet of paper I can write down an equation which summarized almost all physical knowledge.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Bibesco
British Poet
The only thing that matters is to have charm and expression. Then comes that horrible gnawing doubt of our own magnetism. Is it possible that, though we are not lovely, we are not irresistible either? That we will have to go through life belonging neither to the triumphantly beautiful nor to the triumphantly ugly?
Quote examples
Amanda Schull
American Actress
What a person feels within themselves and about themselves radiates from them. Trust me, I have worked with people - both men and women - who are not what most would consider conventionally attractive, but who exude such a magnetism about them that people are compelled to watch them on stage or screen.
Quote examples
Ethan Canin
American Author
Politicians are already exaggerated. They're bigger than life in every way - their appetites, their ambitions, their personalities, their failings, their magnetism. In a sense, they're made for fiction.
Quote examples
Johannes P. Muller
German Scientist
To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism.
Quote examples
Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away.
Quote examples
Ben Foster
American Actor
The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
Quote examples
Tom Waits
American Musician
Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.
Quote examples
Julian May
American Writer
We have people who are healers and those who posses a certain animal magnetism.
Quote examples
Wesley Snipes
American Actor
I think I have kind of a natural magnetism.
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