diamagnetic

[dahy-uh-mag-net-ik] /ˌdaɪ ə mægˈnɛt ɪk/

adjective, Physics.

of or pertaining to a class of substances, as bismuth and copper, whose permeability is less than that of a vacuum: in a magnetic field, their induced magnetism is in a direction opposite to that of iron.

Compare antiferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, ferromagnetic, paramagnetic

Origin

1840-50; dia- + magnetic

Related forms

diamagnetically, adverb

diamagnetism

[dahy-uh-mag-ni-tiz-uh m] /ˌdaɪ əˈmæg nɪˌtɪz əm/ (Show IPA), noun

Examples from the web for diamagnetic

Immediately after that the object would pop up to full diamagnetic levitating height again because now the static is gone.
The diamagnetic material and the magnet repel each other.
The superconductor becomes perfectly diamagnetic, canceling all magnetic flux in its interior.
In common parlance, diamagnetic and paramagnetic substances are often called nonmagnetic.
There are also paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials.
If the water has no minerals which have a magnetic component, either ferromagnetic, paramagnetic or diamagnetic.

British Dictionary definitions for diamagnetic

diamagnetic

/ˌdaɪəmæɡˈnɛtɪk/

adjective

of, exhibiting, or concerned with diamagnetism

Derived Forms

diamagnetically, adverb

diamagnetic in Science

diamagnetism

(dī'ə-māg'nĭ-tĭz'əm)
The property of being repelled by both poles of a magnet. Most substances commonly considered to be nonmagnetic, such as water, are actually diamagnetic. Though diamagnetism is a very weak effect compared with ferromagnetism and paramagnetism, it can be used to levitate objects. Compare ferromagnetism, paramagnetism. See also Lenz's law.

diamagnetic adjective (dī'ə-māg-nět'ĭk)