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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Magnetic \Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L.
     magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]
     1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the
        magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of
        iron; a magnetic needle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's
        magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism;
        as, the magnetic metals.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the
        feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing
        attachment.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism,
        so called; hypnotic; as, a magnetic sleep. See
        Magnetism. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc.
        See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc.
  
     Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets
        with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with
        great power.
  
     Magnetic compensator, a contrivance connected with a ship's
        compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the
        iron of the ship upon the needle.
  
     Magnetic curves, curves indicating lines of magnetic force,
        as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of
        a powerful magnet.
  
     Magnetic elements.
        (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel,
            cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable
            or becoming magnetic.
        (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the
            declination, inclination, and intensity.
        (c) See under Element.
  
     Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was
        formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of
        magnetism; -- no longer considered a meaningful concept.
        
  
     Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as
        Magnetite.
  
     Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and
        suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a
        delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction
        of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential
        part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the
        surveyor's.
  
     Magnetic poles, the two points in the opposite polar
        regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping
        needle is vertical.
  
     Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite.
  
     Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the
        earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden
        changes.
  
     Magnetic telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a
        magnet. See Telegraph.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Attraction \At*trac"tion\, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.]
     1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws
        anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually
        between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them
        together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and
        conversely resisting separation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Attraction is exerted at both sensible and insensible
           distances, and is variously denominated according to
           its qualities or phenomena. Under attraction at
           sensible distances, there are, -- (1.)
  
     Attraction of gravitation, which acts at all distances
        throughout the universe, with a force proportional
        directly to the product of the masses of the bodies and
        inversely to the square of their distances apart. (2.)
  
     Magnetic, diamagnetic, and electrical attraction, each
        of which is limited in its sensible range and is polar in
        its action, a property dependent on the quality or
        condition of matter, and not on its quantity. Under
        attraction at insensible distances, there are, -- (1.)
  
     Adhesive attraction, attraction between surfaces of
        sensible extent, or by the medium of an intervening
        substance. (2.)
  
     Cohesive attraction, attraction between ultimate particles,
        whether like or unlike, and causing simply an aggregation
        or a union of those particles, as in the absorption of
        gases by charcoal, or of oxygen by spongy platinum, or the
        process of solidification or crystallization. The power in
        adhesive attraction is strictly the same as that of
        cohesion. (3.)
  
     Capillary attraction, attraction causing a liquid to rise,
        in capillary tubes or interstices, above its level
        outside, as in very small glass tubes, or a sponge, or any
        porous substance, when one end is inserted in the liquid.
        It is a special case of cohesive attraction. (4.)
  
     Chemical attraction, or
  
     affinity, that peculiar force which causes elementary
        atoms, or groups of atoms, to unite to form molecules.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power
        or operation of attraction. --Newton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or
        engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of
        beauty or eloquence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Allurement; enticement; charm.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Magnetic \Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L.
     magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]
     1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the
        magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of
        iron; a magnetic needle.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's
        magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.
  
     3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism;
        as, the magnetic metals.
  
     4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the
        feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing
        attachment.
  
              She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne.
  
     5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism,
        so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.
  
     Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc.
        See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc.
  
     Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets
        with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with
        great power.
  
     Magnetic compensator, a contrivance connected with a ship's
        compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the
        iron of the ship upon the needle.
  
     Magnetic curves, curves indicating lines of magnetic force,
        as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of
        a powerful magnet.
  
     Magnetic elements.
        (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel,
            cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable
            or becoming magnetic.
        (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the
            declination, inclination, and intensity.
        (c) See under Element.
  
     Magnetic equator, the line around the equatorial parts of
        the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle
        being horizontal.
  
     Magnetic field, or Field of magnetic force, any space
        through which magnet exerts its influence.
  
     Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was
        formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of
        magnetism.
  
     Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as
        Magnetite.
  
     Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and
        suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a
        delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction
        of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential
        part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the
        surveyor's.
  
     Magnetic poles, the two points in the opposite polar
        regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping
        needle is vertical.
  
     Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite.
  
     Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the
        earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden
        changes.
  
     Magnetic telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a
        magnet. See Telegraph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Attraction \At*trac"tion\, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.]
     1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws
        anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually
        between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them
        together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and
        conversely resisting separation.
  
     Note: Attraction is exerted at both sensible and insensible
           distances, and is variously denominated according to
           its qualities or phenomena. Under attraction at
           sensible distances, there are, -- (1.)
  
     Attraction of gravitation, which acts at all distances
        throughout the universe, with a force proportional
        directly to the product of the masses of the bodies and
        inversely to the square of their distances apart. (2.)
  
     Magnetic, diamagnetic, and electrical attraction, each
        of which is limited in its sensible range and is polar in
        its action, a property dependent on the quality or
        condition of matter, and not on its quantity. Under
        attraction at insensible distances, there are, -- (1.)
  
     Adhesive attraction, attraction between surfaces of
        sensible extent, or by the medium of an intervening
        substance. (2.)
  
     Cohesive attraction, attraction between ultimate particles,
        whether like or unlike, and causing simply an aggregation
        or a union of those particles, as in the absorption of
        gases by charcoal, or of oxygen by spongy platinum, or the
        process of solidification or crystallization. The power in
        adhesive attraction is strictly the same as that of
        cohesion. (3.)
  
     Capillary attraction, attraction causing a liquid to rise,
        in capillary tubes or interstices, above its level
        outside, as in very small glass tubes, or a sponge, or any
        porous substance, when one end is inserted in the liquid.
        It is a special case of cohesive attraction. (4.)
  
     Chemical attraction, or
  
     affinity, that peculiar force which causes elementary
        atoms, or groups of atoms, to unite to form molecules.
  
     2. The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power
        or operation of attraction. --Newton.
  
     3. The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or
        engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of
        beauty or eloquence.
  
     4. That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
  
     Syn: Allurement; enticement; charm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Elective \E*lect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectif.]
     1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective
        act.
  
     2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of
        choosing; electoral.
  
              The independent use of their elective franchise.
                                                    --Bancroft.
  
     3. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as,
        an elective study; an elective office.
  
              Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such
              are the conditions of an elective kingdom. --Dryden.
  
     Elective affinity or attraction (Chem.), a tendency to
        unite with certain things; chemism.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  attraction
       n 1: the force by which one object attracts another [syn: attractive
            force] [ant: repulsion]
       2: an entertainment that is offered to the public
       3: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or
          something that attracts; "her personality held a strange
          attraction for him" [syn: attractiveness]
       4: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;
          "flowers are an attractor for bees" [syn: attractor, attracter,
           attractive feature, magnet]
       5: an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the
          biggest drawing card they had" [syn: drawing card, draw,
           attractor, attracter]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 η έλξη, η δύναμη που έλκω, η πράξη του να έλκω
     2 (ετ φυσική fr) η δύναμη που ελκύει τα αντικείμενα μεταξύ τους
     3 (ετ γλωσσ fr) η μετατροπή ενός γράμμα, μιας μορφής, κ.λπ., χάρη
  στην επίδραση ενός γειτονικού γράμματος, μορφής, κ.λπ.
     4 (ετ αγγλισμός fr) η ελκυστικότητα, που ελκύω
     5 η ατραξιόν
     6 η εταιρία που ασχολείται με την ψυχαγωγία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     n.
     1 The tendency to attract.
     2 The feeling of being attracted.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     n.
     1 The tendency to attract.
     2 The feeling of being attracted.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     n.
     1 The tendency to attract.
     2 The feeling of being attracted.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     n.
     1 The tendency to attract.
     2 The feeling of being attracted.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     Ranska n.
     1 viehätys
     2 nähtävyys
     3 veto, vetovoima

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attraction
     Engelska n.
     1 attraktion
     2 dragningskraft

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  attraction /ɐtɹˈakʃən/
  1. aanloksel, aas
  2. aanloklikheid, aantreklikheid
  3. aantrekkingskrag

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Attraction /ɐtɹˈakʃən/
  الانجذاب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  attraction //əˈtɹækʃən// /[əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]/ /[əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]/ 
  1. привли́чане, прите́гляне
  feeling of being attracted
  2. атракцио́н
  something which attracts
  3. привлека́телност
  tendency to attract