Mag*net"ic (?), n. 1. A magnet. [Obs.]

As the magnetic hardest iron draws.

Milton.

2. Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any

means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended,

fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian.

Mag*net"ic*al*ly, adv. By or as by, magnetism.

Mag*net"ic*al*ness, n. Quality of being magnetic.

Mag`ne*ti"cian (?), n. One versed in the science of magnetism; a

magnetist.

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section M, N, and O · 第 36 / 2147 题