The property of attraction and repulsion belonging to magnetized iron. (See induced magnetism.)
·adj Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The science which treats of magnetic phenomena. II. Magnetism ·noun Power of attraction; powe...
That given by commission, and which does not cease with any particular service. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the developme...
The magnetic action of the earth, whereby every particle of soft iron in certain positions is conver...