magnesium carbonate
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~ a very white crystalline salt that occurs naturally as magnesite or as dolomite
magnesium
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~ 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 spinel and olivine)
magnet
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~ a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees"
magnet
— Noun
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~ (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
magnetic attraction
— Noun
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~ attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
magnetic inclination
— Noun
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~ (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
magnetic dipole
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~ a dipole with opposing magnetic poles
magnetic induction
— Noun
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~ the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow
magnetic disk
— Noun
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~ (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
magnetic induction
— Noun
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~ the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)
magnetic intensity
— Noun
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~ the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow
magnetic core
— Noun
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~ (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"
magnetic levitation
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~ high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
magnetic force
— Noun
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~ attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
magnetic disc
— Noun
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~ (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
magnetic equator
— Noun
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~ an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip
magnetic flux
— Noun
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~ a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area
magnetic dip
— Noun
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~ (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
magnetic ink
— Noun
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~ an ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors
magnetic compass
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~ compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north