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DIAMAGNETISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does diamagnetism mean?

• DIAMAGNETISM (noun)
The noun DIAMAGNETISM has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: DIAMAGNETISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIAMAGNETISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("diamagnetism" is a kind of...):

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

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