Magnetism is the invisible pulling force of certain metals. The magnetism of iron, animal magnetism, lose its magnetism.
It comes from the spin of electrons lining up, and only a few elements do it strongly — iron, nickel and cobalt. Heat destroys it, so a magnet left in a fire is ruined. Personal magnetism is the metaphor, meaning somebody people are drawn to.
1nounmagnetismThe invisible pulling force of certain metals.
“The compass needle points north because of the earth's magnetism.”
magnetism is a force.
Middle English
magnete
English
magnet
English, today
magnetism
From magnet + -ism. magnet comes from Middle English magnete. From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (“Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
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