WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
3.04
History
Add

magnetism noun [ ˈmaɡnətɪz(ə)m ]

• a physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.
• the ability to attract and charm people.
• "his personal magnetism attracted men to the brotherhood"
Similar: allure, attraction, fascination, enchantment, appeal, draw, drawing power, pull, charm, seductiveness, sexual magnetism, animal magnetism, magic, spell, charisma, hypnotism, mesmerism,
Opposite: repulsion,
Origin: early 17th century: from modern Latin magnetismus, from Latin magneta (see magnet).


2025 WordDisk