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paramagnetic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective paramagnetic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
paramagnetic, a. [Pref. para- + magnetic.].
Having or exhibiting paramagnetism; -- opposed to diamagnetic and contrasted with ferromagnetic . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paramagnetic, adj. (of a body or substance) tending to become weakly magnetized so as to lie parallel to a magnetic field force.
Derivative
paramagnetism n.
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