Meanings
nounmagnetoabsorption (countable and uncountable, plural magnetoabsorptions)
plural magnetoabsorptions · alternative magnetabsorption
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe absorption of light by magnetic excitons
Origin
- Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
- Old Frenchmagnete
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
- Latinmagnēs
- Middle Englishmagnete
- Englishmagnet
- Englishmagnet-
- Englishmagneto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Latinabsorptiō
- Englishabsorption
- Englishmagnetoabsorption
From magneto- + absorption.
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APA
magnetoabsorption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetoabsorption
MLA
“magnetoabsorption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetoabsorption. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magnetoabsorption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetoabsorption.
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