magnetism
magnetism
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- a physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects
磁力现象
■the property of being magnetic
磁性
■(figurative)the ability to attract and charm people
(喻)吸引力，魅力
his personal magnetism attracted men to the brotherhood.
他个人的魅力吸引了男人参加该兄弟会。
- All magnetism is due to circulating electric currents. In magnetic materials the magnetism is produced by electrons orbiting within the atoms; in most substances the magnetic effects of different electrons cancel each other out, but in some, such as iron, a net magnetic field can be induced by aligning the atoms
- early 17th cent.: from modern Latin magnetismus, from Latin magneta (see magnet)
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