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1: the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct [syn: {nobility}, {grandeur}]

1: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: {baron}, {big businessman}, {business leader}, {king}, {mogul}, {power}, {top executive}, {tycoon}]

1: a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium [syn: {periclase}, {magnesium oxide}]

1: a black magnetic mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium

1: a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spine...

1: a bicarbonate that is a major cause of hard water

1: purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid [syn: {milk of magnesia}]

1: a nitride containing nitrogen and magnesium

1: a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium [syn: {periclase}, {magnesia}]

1: a salt of magnesium

1: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field 2: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" [syn: {attraction}, {attractor}, {at...

1: of or relating to or caused by magnetism; "magnetic forces" 2: 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" ...

1: attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force [syn: {magnetism}, {magnetic force}]

1: container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions

1: a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate; no longer used in most computers

1: compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north

1: (computer science) a doughnut-shaped magnet formerly used to store one bit of information in the main memory of a computer; now superseded by semiconductor memories

1: the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north [syn: {magnetic variation}, {variation}]

1: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: {dip}, {angle of dip}, {magnetic inclination}, {inclination}]

1: a dipole with opposing magnetic poles

1: (physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole; "An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment"

1: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: {magnetic disk}, {disk}, {disc}]

1: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: {magnetic disc}, {disk}, {disc}]

1: an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip [syn: {aclinic line}]

1: the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle [syn: {magnetic flux}, {flux}]

1: the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow [syn: {magnetic intensity}, {magnetic induction}, {magnetic flux density}]

1: a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area 2: the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle [syn: {magnetic field}, {flux}]

1: the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow [syn: {magnetic field strength}, {magnetic intensity}, {magnetic induction}]

1: a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area [syn: {flux unit}]

1: attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force [syn: {magnetism}, {magnetic attraction}]

1: an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface a later retrieved

1: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: {dip}, {angle of dip}, {magnetic dip}, {inclination}]

1: the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) [syn: {magnetization}, {magnetisation}] 2: the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magn...

1: an ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors

1: the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow [syn: {magnetic field strength}, {magnetic induction}, {magnetic flux density}]

1: an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets [syn: {magnetite}]

1: high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction [syn: {maglev}]

1: a line of force in a magnetic field

1: any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information; "the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage" [syn: {magnetic storag...

1: an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth

1: (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship)

1: the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field [syn: {moment of a magnet}]

1: a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two

1: a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction; used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole

1: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: {north}, {compass north}]

1: either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical 2: one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated [syn: {pole}]

1: a brownish iron sulfide mineral FeS having weak magnetic properties [syn: {pyrrhotite}, {pyrrhotine}]

1: recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media

1: resonance of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei to radiation frequencies as a result of space quantization in a magnetic field

1: the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images [syn: {MRI}]

1: any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information; "the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage" [syn: {magnetic storag...

1: any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information; "the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage" [syn: {magnetic medium...

1: a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun

1: a short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card; the magnetic stripe contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc.

1: memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information; "he took along a dozen tapes to record the inte...

1: the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north [syn: {magnetic declination}, {variation}]

1: by the use of magnetism; "magnetically contaminated material" 2: as if by magnetism; "he was magnetically attracted to her"

1: the branch of science that studies magnetism [syn: {magnetism}]

1: the extent or degree to which something is magnetized [syn: {magnetization}] 2: the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) [syn: {magnetization}, {magnetic induction}]...

1: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" [syn: {magnetize}, {mesmerize}, {mesmerise}, {bewitch}, {spellbind}] 2: make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnet...