Animal+magnetism

  • 31Magnetism (disambiguation) — Magnetism may refer to: In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. Magnetism (neurological sign), physical sign in neurology The Magnetism of the Rod, Victorian… …

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  • 32magnetism — [[t]mæ̱gnɪtɪzəm[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp Someone or something that has magnetism has unusual, powerful, and exciting qualities which attract people to them. There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man... Later, she would… …

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  • 33magnetism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attraction, magnetic force; charm, animal magnetism. See power. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lure, influence, charm; see attraction 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. attractiveness, charisma, drawing… …

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  • 34animal — [[t]æ̱nɪm(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ animals 1) N COUNT An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being. He was attacked by wild animals... He had a real knowledge of animals, birds and flowers. 2) …

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  • 35magnetism — n 1. magnetic force or intensity, Elect. gauss, Elect. oersted; magnetomotive force, magnetomotivity, magnetic flux density, magnetic field, electromagnetic field, electroaffinity, electromagnetic attraction, electromagnetic repulsion. 2. gravity …

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  • 36animal — {{11}}animal (adj.) late 14c., from ANIMAL (Cf. animal) (n.). Animal rights is attested from 1879; animal liberation from 1973. Animal magnetism originally (1784) referred to MESMERISM (Cf. mesmerism). {{12}}animal (n.) early 14c. (but rare… …

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  • 37animal — n. & adj. n. 1 a living organism which feeds on organic matter, usu. one with specialized sense organs and nervous system, and able to respond rapidly to stimuli. 2 such an organism other than man. 3 a brutish or uncivilized person. 4 colloq. a… …

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  • 38MAGNETISM —    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… …

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  • 39magnetism — MAGNETÍSM s.n. 1. Proprietatea pe care o au corpurile magnetice de a se magnetiza. ♢ Magnetism terestru (sau pământesc) = totalitatea fenomenelor magnetice caracteristice Pământului. Magnetism animal = fluid universal care ar străbate toate… …

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  • 40Terrestrial magnetism — Magnetism Mag net*ism, n. [Cf. F. magn[ e]tisme.] The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet. At one time it was believed to be separate from the electrical force, but it …

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