magnetism

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The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.

The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.

Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Although magnets and magnetism were known much earlier, the study of magnetic fields began in 1269 when French scholar Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt mapped out the magnetic field on the surface of a spherical magnet using iron needles. Source: Internet

A permanent magnet, such as a bar magnet, owes its magnetism to the intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of the electron. Source: Internet

Ampère also applied this same principle to magnetism, showing the harmony between his law and French physicist Charles Augustin de Coulomb ’s law of magnetic action. Source: Internet

Cell interaction can be via electric charge, magnetism, vibration ( phonons at quantum scales), or any other physically useful means. Source: Internet

Also in this work, Ampère introduced the term electrodynamics to describe the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Source: Internet

A material may exhibit more than one form of magnetism as these variables change. Source: Internet

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