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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to a paramagnet

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1850 being or relating to a magnetizable substance (as aluminum) that has small but positive susceptibility which varies little with magnetizing force • paramagnetically adverb • paramagnetism noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of a body or substance) tending to become weakly magnetized so as to lie parallel to a magnetic field force. Derivatives: paramagnetism n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Paramagnetic Par`a*mag*net"ic, a. [Pref. para- + magnetic.] Magnetic, as opposed to diamagnetic. -- n. A paramagnetic substance. --Faraday. -- Par`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly, adv.