magnetosensitive

adjective

Whose properties, or behaviour, is affected by the strength or orientation of a magnetic field

OriginEnglish sensitive ← Middle English magnete ← Latin magnēs →
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Meanings

adjectivemagnetosensitive (comparative more magnetosensitive, superlative most magnetosensitive)

comparative more magnetosensitive · superlative most magnetosensitive

  1. Whose properties, or behaviour, is affected by the strength or orientation of a magnetic field

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  3. Old Frenchmagnete
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  5. Latinmagnēs
  6. Middle Englishmagnete
  7. Englishmagnet
  8. Englishmagnet-
  9. Englishmagneto-
  10. Englishsensitive
  11. Englishmagnetosensitive

From magneto- + sensitive.

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APA

magnetosensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetosensitive

MLA

“magnetosensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetosensitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magnetosensitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magnetosensitive.

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