magnetism
pronunciation
How to pronounce magnetism in British English:
UK [ˈmæɡnətɪzəm]
How to pronounce magnetism in American English:
US [ˈmæɡnətɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
- the branch of science that studies magnetism
Word Origin
- magnetism (n.)
- 1610s, from Modern Latin magnetismus (see magnet + -ism). Figurative sense of "personal charm" is from 1650s; in the hypnotic sense it is from Mesmer (see mesmerism). Meaning "science of magnetics" is recorded from early 19c.
Example
- 1. Maxwell 's aim was initially to forge a mathematical link between electricity and magnetism that would capture these experimental results .
- 2. Physicists continue to carve the known universe into particles to describe everything from magnetism to what atoms are made of and how they remain stable .
- 3. Doesn 't matter if we turn the whole of space around by some angle , it doesn 't leave the -- doesn 't change the phenomenon of electricity or magnetism .
- 4. This unification implies that electricity , magnetism , light and some types of radioactivity are all manifestations of a single underlying force called the electroweak force .
- 5. Meanwhile , other researchers were studying properties like magnetism .