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magnetic Adjective 1. of, producing, or operated by means of magnetism 2. of or like a magnet 3. capable of being made into a magnet 4. exerting a powerful attraction: political leaders of magnetic appeal magnetically adv
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magnetic adjective attractive, irresistible, seductive, captivating, charming, fascinating, entrancing, charismatic, enchanting, hypnotic, alluring, mesmerizing << OPPOSITE repulsive  Translationsmagnetic [mægˈnɛtɪk] magnet adj → magnetisch; (field, compass, pole etc) → Magnet-; (personality) → anziehend How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If they continued to sing like their great predecessor of romantic themes, they were drawn as by a kind of magnetic attraction into the Homeric style and manner of treatment, and became mere echoes of the Homeric voice: in a word, Homer had so completely exhausted the epic genre, that after him further efforts were doomed to be merely conventional. Those sentiments have induced me to offer to the unimpressionable doctor who attends on her my vast knowledge of chemistry, and my luminous experience of the more subtle resources which medical and magnetic science have placed at the disposal of mankind. Indeed, at the distance they were from the earth, the magnetic pole could have no perceptible action upon the apparatus; but the box placed on the lunar disc might perhaps exhibit some strange phenomena. |
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magnetic - of or relating to or caused by magnetism; "magnetic forces"
magnetic - having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel; "the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material"
magnetic - possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality"
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