Definition of Magnitism
Magnetism, the branch of science devoted to the study of the
properties of magnets, and of electric currents in their magnetic
relations; sometimes also used to denote the subtle influence supposed to
lie at the root of all magnetic phenomena, of the true nature of which
nothing is known. See Animal Magnetism.
- Wikipedia
Mag"net*ism (?), n. [Cf. F.
magnétisme.] The property, quality, or state, of
being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is
seen in a magnet.
2. The science which treats of magnetic
phenomena.
3. Power of attraction; power to excite the
feelings and to gain the affections. "By the magnetism
of interest our affections are irresistibly attracted."
Glanvill.
Animal magnetism, a force, more or less
analogous to magnetism, which, it has been alleged, is produced in
animal tissues, and passes from one body to another with or without
actual contact. The existence of such a force, and its potentiality
for the cure of disease, were asserted by Mesmer in 1775. His
theories and methods were afterwards called mesmerism, a name
which has been popularly applied to theories and claims not put
forward by Mesmer himself. See Mesmerism, Biology,
Od, Hypnotism. -- Terrestrial
magnetism, the magnetic force exerted by the earth, and
recognized by its effect upon magnetized needles and bars.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet.
The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the
works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the
subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of
human knowledge.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The property of being magnetic
- The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
- Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
Swedish
- magnetism
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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