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Webster 1913 Edition
Paramagnetism
Parˊa-mag′net-ism
,Noun.
(Physics)
A property of materials which are not magnetized in the absence of an external magnetic field, but in which the magnetic moments of their constituents align with and enhance an applied magnetic field; the induced magnetic field of the substance is in direct proportion to the strength of the applied magnetic field; – opposed to
diamagnetic
and contrasted with ferromagnetic
. Faraday.