paramagnetic

Exhibiting paramagnetism.

Adjective

  1. Exhibiting paramagnetism.

Origin

From para- + magnetic. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1850 for Michael Faraday.

Forms

more paramagnetic most paramagnetic

Related

antiferromagnetic diamagnetic ferrimagnetic ferromagnetic

Derived

electron paramagnetic resonance electroparamagnetic nonparamagnetic paramagnetically paramagneticlike paramagnetic resonance supraparamagnetic