magnetic attraction

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magnetic attraction - attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

magnetic force, magnetism

attraction, attractive force - the force by which one object attracts another

electromagnetism - magnetism produced by an electric current; "electromagnetism was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of iron or steel near it"

antiferromagnetism - magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature

diamagnetism - phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet

ferromagnetism - phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed

paramagnetism - materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed

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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.

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He, however, darted not the less quickly toward Milady, yielding to that magnetic attraction which the loadstone exercises over iron.

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But Francine--still influenced by the magnetic attraction which drew her to Emily--did not conceal from herself that she had offered the provocation, and had been therefore the person to blame.

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