Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major.

The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

A magpie.

State of being maggoty.

Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.

Infested with maggots.

The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.

A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.

A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East.

One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion.

A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.

A drug or therapy or preventive that cures or prevents a disease, with only minimal side effects; as, there is no magic bullet against cancer.

An early form of slide projector.

A verbal formula considered to have magical force.

An feat of illusion performed by an illusionist, which appears magical to naive observers.

Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.

In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

See Megilp.

A line of fortifications built before World War II to protect France's eastern border.

Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.

Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.

Magisterialness; authoritativeness.

In a magisterial manner.

The quality or state of being magisterial.

Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.

The office or dignity of a magistrate.

A sovereign medicine or remedy.

Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism.

In a magistral manner.

A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.

Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.

Magistracy.

Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.

A great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; the counterpart of the Greek Rhea and the Roman Ops.

A great act or event; a great attainment.

The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.

Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.

In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.

Magnet.

A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide (MgO), and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium.

Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium.

Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; as, magnesic oxide.

Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals.

A light silver-white metallic element of atomic number 12, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.305. Specific gravity, 1.75.

A slightly alkaline chemical substance, Mg(OH)2, the active principle in the antacid milk of magnesia, also used as a laxative.

Magnesia.

The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet.

A magnet.

Any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions.

An device using a magnet (such as a magnetic needle) to indicate the direction of magnetic north.

The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north; called also magnetic variation.

The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.

A dipole with opposing magnetic poles.

A physical quantity associated with the magnetic field of a dundamental particle; as, An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment.

A ditical memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored; a hard disk, floppy disk, and diskette are typically magnetic disks.

An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal; called also aclinic line.

The space around a magnet through which it exerts magnetic force; a field of force surrounding a permanent magnet, electrical current, or a moving charged particle; called also magnetic flux and field of magnetic force.

The amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow.

A measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area.

The force caused by a magnetic field, a force which affects objects having a magnetic field and objects in which a magnetic field can be induced, such as ferromagnetic substances; a magnetic force manifests itself as an attraction for iron. It is associated with electric currents and moving charged paticles as well as permanent magnets.

An electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a magnetizable surface and later retrieved.

Same as magnetic dip.

The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently).

Same as magnetic field strength.

Magnetite.

The process of supporting an object, such as a vehicle, with a magnetic field so that it does not contact the object supporting it; it is a method used for eliminating friction in moving vehicles, and is used, e.g. in high-speed rail technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction.

A line of force in a magnetic field.

An imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the earth.

A marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that detects the nearness of magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship). A magnetic counter mine may allow the passagw of several ships before detonating.

The torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field.

A slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a low-friction mounting; used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole.

The direction in which the north-pointing end of a compass needle points; at low latitudes it is close to geographic (true) north, but deviates substantially from true north as one nears the north pole.

Either of two points where the lines of force of the earth's magnetic field are vertical.

A device for making records (of sound, data, etc.) on magnetic media such as magnetic tape or wire.

A phenomenon resulting from quantization in the magnetic field of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei exposed to an external magnetic field, by which a narrow frequency band of radio waves may be absorbed and re-emitted by the object.

a medical diagnostic procedure utilizing the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance to generate images of internal parts of the body. It depends on the differential absorption of electromagnetic radiation by different types of living tissue in a magnetic field. It is complementary to X-ray imaging in that the softer tissue show more prominently in magnetic resonance images, rather than bone, as with X-rays. It is a non-invasive procedure, allowing such images to be obtained without penetration of the tissue by objects. It is abbreviated MRI. As with computerized tomography, the results are usually presented as images of sequential planar sections of that part of the body of concern to the physician.

A sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun.

A long thin plastic ribbon coated with iron oxide or other ferromagnetic material, used to record audio or video signals digital data in the form of small magnetized regions on the tape; it is a common digital data storage medium for computer information.

Same as magnetic declination.

Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.

By or as by, magnetism.

Quality of being magnetic.

One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.

Magneticalness.

The science of magnetism.

Producing or conducting magnetism.

The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet. At one time it was believed to be separate from the electrical force, but it is now known to be intimately associated with electricity, as part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism.

One versed in magnetism.

An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called loadstone. It is an important iron ore. Called also magnetic iron.

Capable of being magnetized.

The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized.

To communicate magnetic properties to; to make magnetic; as, to magnetize a needle.

A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism.

One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.

A small electric generator with an armature rotating in a magnetic field, having a secondary winding that generates a high voltage, such as one used to generate a voltage sufficient to cause a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in an internal-combustion engine.

A prefix meaning pertaining to, produced by, or in some way connected with, magnetism.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.

Electricity evolved by the action of magnets.

An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.

The study of the interaction of magnetic fields with electrically conductive fluids, such as a plasma or a molten metal.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination.

Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.

Pertaining to, or designating, a force producing magnetic flux, analogous to electromotive force, and equal to the magnetic flux multiplied by the magnetic reluctance.

The force that produces magnetic flux.

A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena.

A unit of magnetic moment for a subatomic particle, atom, or molecule.

the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field.

The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators.

Such as can be magnified, or extolled.

Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent.

The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.

To magnify or extol.

The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.

The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.

Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.

In a Magnificent manner.

A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.

enlarged to an abnormal degree.