paramagnetic adjective & noun. [parǝmag'nɛtɪk] M19.
[from PARA-¹ + MAGNETIC.]
A. adjective.
1. Of a body or substance: attracted by the poles of a magnet; having a positive magnetic susceptibility. Now only as in sense 2 below. M19.

2. Of a body or substance: very weakly attracted by the poles of a magnet but not retaining any permanent magnetism and not exhibiting hysteresis; having a permeability only slightly greater than unity. L19.
b. noun. A paramagnetic body or substance. M19.

■ para'magnet noun = PARAMAGNETIC noun E20.

■ paramagnetically adverb L19.

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