magnetics
- noun
- /məɡˈnɛtɪks/
- Specialized
- Researchers in magnetics are exploring new ways to improve magnetic resonance imaging technology.
Well, the Smithsonian just did a story which we can link to how great white sharks and all sharks might use magnetics to navigate.
- Well, the Smithsonian just did a story which we can link to how great white sharks and all sharks might use magnetics to navigate.
Examples
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Micromachines come in many shapes and sizes but use only the actuating principles of electrostatics and magnetics, piezoelectrics, and thermal energy.
Academic text (1994) -
From this, he segued into a discussion of magnetics and the properties of stainless steel.
Fiction book (1999) -
Today I'd like to talk a bit about magnetics loss.
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Well, the Smithsonian just did a story which we can link to how great white sharks and all sharks might use magnetics to navigate.
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The machine's computer monitored every system and adjusted the flow of medicine, ultrasound, coherent healing light, and magnetics as needed.
Fiction book (1991) -
Thanks to some recent manufacturing advances, great sounding planar magnetics can be so small now that they will fit inside your ear canals.
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Hall effect sensors are subject to stray field interference; perhaps some manufacturing or assembly problem resulted in inadequate shielding from stray magnetics?
Blog text (21) -
"In the big world, you can get greater energy densities out of magnetic fields than electrostatic fields," Allen said. "As engineers begin looking to develop large microactuators—which sounds like a contradiction in terms—they are finding that magnetics offers interesting solutions."
Academic text (1994) -
The study of magnetics helps scientists explain phenomena such as the Earth's magnetic field.
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Understanding magnetics is crucial for developing advanced electric motors and magnetic levitation systems.
Synonyms
The area of science that studies how magnets work and their effects
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word magnetics comes from magnet, which comes from an old Greek name for a stone from Magnesia that could 'pull' small pieces of iron. So, magnetics is the study of that 'pulling' force and how magnets work.