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magnetics

magnetics

3 7.2
The study of magnets and how they behave
  • noun
  • /məɡˈnɛtɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : magnetismo
  • 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.

Examples

  • 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.

  • Well, the Smithsonian just did a story which we can link to how great white sharks and all sharks might use magnetics to navigate.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Understanding magnetics is crucial for developing advanced electric motors and magnetic levitation systems.

Synonyms

magnetism
vsmagnetics
  • Specialized
1 4.9

The area of science that studies how magnets work and their effects

is the scientific study of magnetic phenomena in general

Surface Forms

magnetics singular
magnetics plural

Morphology

magnetics = magnetic (transparent) = magnet + ics

Derived from the adjective 'magnetic' (or noun 'magnet') plus the discipline-forming suffix '-ics', so learners who know 'magnet/magnetic' can infer 'study of magnetic phenomena'.

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.