Meanings
adjectiveparamagnetic (comparative more paramagnetic, superlative most paramagnetic)
comparative more paramagnetic · superlative most paramagnetic
- natural sciencesExhibiting paramagnetism.
Origin
From para- + magnetic. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1850 for Michael Faraday.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque paramagnetiko
- paramagnetikoexhibiting paramagnetism
Dutch paramagnetisch
- paramagnetischexhibiting paramagnetism
German paramagnetisch
- paramagnetischexhibiting paramagnetism
Italian paramagnetico
- paramagneticoexhibiting paramagnetism
Polish paramagnetyczny
- paramagnetycznyexhibiting paramagnetism
Romanian paramagnetic
- paramagneticexhibiting paramagnetism
Spanish paramagnético
- paramagnéticoexhibiting paramagnetism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with paramagnetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticmimeticunsympatheticparasympatheticemetic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
paramagnetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paramagnetic
MLA
“paramagnetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paramagnetic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paramagnetic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paramagnetic.
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