单词 | magnetine |
释义 | † magnetinen. Obsolete. 1. A hypothetical weightless substance formerly proposed as the basis of magnetism. rare. ΚΠ 1848 ‘Ignotus’ in London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 32 67 Magnetine,—the magnetic power,—the most influential agent in nature, is at present only known by its effects. The hypothesis assumes it to be a matter, but of so attenuated, subtle, and permeable a kind, that when in a free state, no apparatus..is capable of retaining it. 1850 J. Ashburner tr. K. L. F. Reichenbach Physico-physiol. Res. Dynamics of Magnetism p. xiv It is upon their operation, but more particularly on the influence of magnetine, that the vital functions, in all their modifications are dependent. 2. A kind of magnetic cement. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] limec725 mortara1300 cementc1300 simmona1450 magnetine1890 magnesia cement1909 1890 Cent. Dict. Magnetine, a compound of some kind of cementing material and a magnetic powder, such as iron-filings or magnetic oxide of iron, used in some forms of magnetic belts, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1848 |
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