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Magnetic

adjective

Of or relating to or caused by magnetism.

Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel. Synonyms: magnetised, magnetized.

Capable of being magnetized.

Determined by earth's magnetic fields. "The needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole"

Possessing an extraordinary ability to attract. Synonym: charismatic. "A magnetic personality"

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"Magnetic" Quotes from Famous Books

... N. America, W. of the Gulf of Boothia, and in which the N. magnetic pole of the earth is situated; discovered by Sir John Boss ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... therefore, my business to press upon the people the duty to yield a loyal obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ as our only Lawgiver and King, and thus to renounce all human leadership and the authority of all human opinions; and it became the business of Bro. Hutchinson to win the people by his magnetic power, and fill them with his own enthusiasm, and thus induce them to act on the convictions that had been ...

— Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler • Pardee Butler

... had that magnetic look which is dangerous to their owner if she does not know how to control it, eyes that arrested one's gaze, invited notice. Even the lens must have felt the spell. It had caught, also, the soft richness of the skin of her oval face and full throat ...

— The Ear in the Wall • Arthur B. Reeve

... soul more skilfully than you would navigate this vessel," retorted the Captain. "In the first place, the needle does not point to the North Pole at all, but to the magnetic pole. Furthermore, it has to be adjusted by magnets to counteract deviation. Mr. Gissing, you may be a sincere student of theology, but you have not allowed for your own temperamental deviation. Why, even the gyro compass has to be adjusted ...

— Where the Blue Begins • Christopher Morley

... in the ether which creates the magnetic area explains why the magnetized needle of a compass unfailingly points north and south. This one simple fact is a certain proof of its existence. And once granting a magnetic field to be there it is less difficult to understand how wireless ...

— Walter and the Wireless • Sara Ware Bassett

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