PARAMAGNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paramagnet mean? 

• PARAMAGNET (noun)
  The noun PARAMAGNET has 1 sense:

1. magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it

  Familiarity information: PARAMAGNET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAMAGNET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("paramagnet" is a kind of...):

magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)

Derivation:

paramagnetic (of or relating to a paramagnet)