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Paramagnetic

Paramagnetic \Par`a*mag*net"ic\, a. [Pref. para- + magnetic.] (Physics) Having or exhibiting paramagnetism; -- opposed to diamagnetic and contrasted with ferromagnetic. -- n. A paramagnetic substance.
--Faraday. -- Par`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
paramagnetic

1850, from para- (1) + magnetic.

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paramagnetic

a. (context physics English) exhibiting paramagnetism

WordNet
paramagnetic

adj. of or relating to a paramagnet

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Usage examples of "paramagnetic".

I wonder, then, that the paramagnetic aspect has been so squarely presented to this Menura superba?

Doubling acceleration would have cut danger time by half and made the Sisu as agile as a raiderbut it would have meant a hydrogen-fission chamber eight times as big with parallel increases in radiation shielding, auxiliary equipment, and paramagnetic capsule to contain the hydrogen reaction.

Doubling acceleration would have cut danger time by half and made the Sisu as agile as a raider -- but it would have meant a hydrogen-fission chamber eight times as big with parallel increase in radiation shielding, auxiliary equipment, and paramagnetic capsule to contain the hydrogen reaction.

Deoxygenated blood was more highly paramagnetic and, therefore, the machine detected a larger observed magnetic susceptibility effect.