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1: 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" [syn: {magnetic}, {magnetized}] [ant: {antimagnetic}]

1: attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force [syn: {magnetic attraction}, {magnetic force}] 2: the branch of science that studies magn...

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

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

1: make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings" [syn: {magnetise}] [ant: {demagnetize}, {demagnetize}] 2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with he...

1: 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" [syn: {magnetic}, {magnetised}] [ant: {antimagnetic}]

1: a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine [syn: {magnetoelectric machine}]

1: a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine [syn: {magneto}]

1: the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal)

1: a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields [syn: {gaussmeter}]

1: the force that produces magnetic flux

1: a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force

1: a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle

1: the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field

1: a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators

1: (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')

1: the act of expanding something in apparent size 2: the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object 3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: {exaggeration}, {overstatemen...

1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture" [syn: {impressiveness}, {grandness}] 2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn: {brilliance}, {sp...

1: characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn: {bri...

1: in a splendid manner; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously" [syn: {splendidly}, {famously}] 2: in an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was gorgeously dressed" [syn: {g...

1: a person of distinguished rank or appearance

{magnifico}

{magnify}

1: a scientific instrument that magnifies an image

1: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" [syn: {amplify}] 2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old ...

1: light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image; "the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in 1250" [syn: {hand glass}, {simple microscope}]

1: high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation [syn: {grandiosity}, {grandiloquence}, {rhetoric}]

1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: {grandiloquent}, {tall}]

1: in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke magniloquently" [syn: {grandiloquently}]

1: the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion" 2: a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitud...

1: a relation between magnitudes [syn: {quantitative relation}]

1: dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine 2: any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms

1: American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber [syn: {cucumber tree}]

1: subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia [syn: {Magnoliaceae}, {family Magnoliaceae}]

1: small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips [syn: {earleaved umbrella tree}]

1: evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers [syn: {southern magnolia}, {evergreen magnolia}, {large-flowering magnolia}, {bull ba...

1: large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base [syn: {large-leaved magnolia}, {large-lea...

1: large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America [syn: {saucer magnolia}, {Chinese magnolia}]

1: a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War [syn: {Mississippi}, {MS}]

1: deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States [syn: {star magnolia}]

1: small deciduous open-crowned tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches [syn: {umbrella tree}, {umbrella magnoli...

1: shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States [syn: {sweet bay}, {swamp bay}, {swamp laurel}]

1: subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia [syn: {family Magnoliaceae}, {magnolia family}]

1: family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

1: genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

1: a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families i...

1: comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta) [syn: {Angiospermae}, {...

1: flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside [syn: {dicot}, {dicotyledon}, {exogen}]

1: family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination [syn: {dicot family}]

1: genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination [syn: {dicot genus}]

1: comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae...

1: a large wine bottle for liquor or wine

1: a great work of art or literature

1: a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch

1: long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call 2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by others [syn: {scavenger}, {pack rat}] 3: an obnoxious and foolish and loqua...

1: Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967) [syn: {Rene Magritte}]

1: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal [syn: {Agave atrovirens}] 2: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine [sy...

1: a magician or sorcerer of ancient times 2: a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians [also: {magi} (pl)]

1: relating to or characteristic of Hungary; "Hungarian folk music" [syn: {Hungarian}] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Hungary [syn: {Hungarian}] 2: the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rum...

1: a republic in central Europe [syn: {Hungary}, {Republic of Hungary}]