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Magnetic   /mægnˈɛtɪk/   Listen
Magnetic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or caused by magnetism.
2.
Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel.  Synonyms: magnetised, magnetized.
3.
Capable of being magnetized.
4.
Determined by earth's magnetic fields.  "The needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole"
5.
Possessing an extraordinary ability to attract.  Synonym: charismatic.  "A magnetic personality"



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"Magnetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... convict cast a glance at Eugene, a cold and fascinating glance; men gifted with this magnetic power can quell furious lunatics in a madhouse by such a glance, it is said. Eugene shook in every limb. There was the sound of wheels in the street, and in another moment a man with a scared face rushed into the room. It was one of M. Taillefer's servants; ...
— Father Goriot • Honore de Balzac

... sad one ever, Yet often with a smile I've heard it told! Oh, there are records of the heart which never Are to the scrutinizing gaze unrolled! My eyes to thine may scarce again aspire— Still in thy memory, dearest let me dwell, And hush, with this hope, the magnetic wire, Wild with ...
— Poems • George P. Morris

... that about him which said that he was greater than a man, for light seemed to pour from every cell of his body, and a golden halo was about his head, and his eyes shot forth golden beams so intense and so magnetic that, once having observed them, I could ...
— Flight Through Tomorrow • Stanton Arthur Coblentz

... woman with a name like that is capable of loving anyone, is determined to wed none other than the scullery-maid at the Village Inn—inevitably bashed the perambulators into the ladders. Even when the girls were not reading they nearly always ran into the ladders, which seemed to possess a magnetic attraction for perambulators and go-carts of all kinds, whether propelled by nurses or mothers. Sometimes they would advance very cautiously towards the ladder: then, when they got very near, hesitate a little whether to go under or run the risk of falling into the street by essaying the ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... only enumerate for you the most essential ones: The discovery of America and its tremendous influence on production; the route to the East Indies around the Cape of Good Hope, taking the place of the former land route by way of Suez for all trade with the East Indies; the discovery of the magnetic needle and the invention of the mariner's compass, and in consequence greater safety and speed and lower insurance rates for all ocean traffic; the waterways established in the interior of the countries, ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. X. • Kuno Francke


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