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diamagnet

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di·a·mag·net  (d-mgnt)
n.
A diamagnetic substance.
[From diamagnetic.]
diamagnet [ˈdaɪəˌmægnɪt]
n
(Physics / General Physics) a substance exhibiting diamagnetism
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Noun1.diamagnetdiamagnet - a substance that exhibits diamagnetism
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"


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Superconductors are the strongest diamagnets, and many ordinary materials are weakly diamagnetic (SN: 12/6/97, p.
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A superconductor acts as a perfect diamagnet and excludes an applied magnetic field, says Simon Foner, former associate director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory.
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