Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paramagnetism

1 sense of paramagnetism

Sense 1
paramagnetism -- (materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed)
       => magnetism, magnetic attraction, magnetic force -- (attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force)