单词 | magnetizer |
释义 | magnetizern. 1. A person who practises animal magnetism; a mesmerist. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > mesmerist mesmerite1785 magnetizer1786 animal magnetist1792 mesmerist1795 mesmerian1802 magnetist1807 mesmerizer1829 hypnotist1843 biologist1853 hypnotizer1883 pathetist1890 1786 Lady H. Spencer Jrnl. 8 Nov. in Bessborough Lady Bessborough & Circle (1940) 40 While I think of it, let me beg you not to have anything to say or do with the Magnetizers. 1802 G. Acerbi Trav. I. 270 I saw my fellow traveller..fall into a profound sleep by the mere motion of the magnetiser's fingers. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 32/2 Hundreds were ready to attest the wonderful cures wrought upon their own persons by the great magnetizer [sc. Mesmer]. a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 269 Two magnetisers, first a man, then a quack woman. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 July 3/2 The Italian magnetizer Donato. 1923 S. de Brath tr. Richet Thirty Years Psychical Res. ii. ii. 64 A single phenomenon which the magnetizers of a past age called ‘lucidity’ or ‘clairvoyance’. 1983 B. Inglis & R. West Alternative Health Guide 167 A ‘magnetizer’ would put patients in a trance (following assurances that they would feel no pain). 1996 P. Fara Sympathetic Attractions vi. 199 Figure 7.4 shows the small particles travelling between the magnetizer's hands and his patient's body. 2. A thing which magnetizes something; spec. a device for this purpose. ΚΠ 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Magnetizer, one who, or that which, imparts magnetism. 1962 R. J. Parker & R. J. Studders Permanent Magnets vii. 294 Inductance and induced eddy currents can influence the rate of current build-up in a magnetizer. 1979 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 5 Nov. 106/3 The second section of the Linalog tool is the magnetizer section which magnetizes the pipe and supports the survey shoes. 1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 22 Mar. 144/1 There are also very inexpensive magnetizers available at electronic hobby stores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1786 |
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