Magnetism

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.

II. Magnetism ·noun Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.

III. Magnetism ·noun The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.

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