Of or relating to magnetism or magnets, Capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet, Relating to the magnetic poles of the earth, Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties, noun_ Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc, which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian, A paramagnetic body, or one which, when free to turn in a magnetic field, sets its longest axis along the lines of magnetic force_ in contradistinction to diamagnetic See diamagnetism