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Magnetic \Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L.
magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]
1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the
magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of
iron; a magnetic needle.
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2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's
magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.
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3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism;
as, the magnetic metals.
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4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the
feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing
attachment.
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She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne.
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5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism,
so called; hypnotic; as, a magnetic sleep. See
{Magnetism}. [Archaic]
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{Magnetic amplitude}, {attraction}, {dip}, {induction}, etc.
See under {Amplitude}, {Attraction}, etc.

{Magnetic battery}, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets
with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with
great power.

{Magnetic compensator}, a contrivance connected with a ship's
compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the
iron of the ship upon the needle.

{Magnetic curves}, curves indicating lines of magnetic force,
as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of
a powerful magnet.

{Magnetic elements}.
(a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel,
cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable
or becoming magnetic.
(b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the
declination, inclination, and intensity.
(c) See under {Element}.

{Magnetic fluid}, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was
formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of
magnetism; -- no longer considered a meaningful concept.


{Magnetic iron}, or {Magnetic iron ore}. (Min.) Same as
{Magnetite}.

{Magnetic needle}, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and
suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a
delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction
of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential
part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the
surveyor's.

{Magnetic poles}, the two points in the opposite polar
regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping
needle is vertical.

{Magnetic pyrites}. See {Pyrrhotite}.

{Magnetic storm} (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the
earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden
changes.

{magnetic tape} (Electronics), a ribbon of plastic material
to which is affixed a thin layer of powder of a material
which can be magnetized, such as ferrite. Such tapes are
used in various electronic devices to record fluctuating
voltages, which can be used to represent sounds, images,
or binary data. Devices such as audio casette recorders,
videocasette recorders, and computer data storage devices
use magnetic tape as an inexpensive medium to store data.
Different magnetically susceptible materials are used in
such tapes.

{Magnetic telegraph}, a telegraph acting by means of a
magnet. See {Telegraph}.
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Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dipped}or {Dipt} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dipping}.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to
Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d?pan to baptize, OS.
d?pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d["o]pa, Goth. daupjan,
Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl? hollow, and to E.
dive. Cf. {Deep}, {Dive}.]
1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
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The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev.
iv. 6.
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[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny
deep. --Pope.
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While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson.
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2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of
Common Prayer. Fuller.
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3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic]
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A cold shuddering dew
Dips me all o'er. --Milton.
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4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
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He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
--Dryden.
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5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other
receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often
with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out
water.
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6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.]
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Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden.
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{Dipped candle}, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick
in melted tallow.

{To dip snuff}, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and
teeth. [Southern U. S.]

{To dip the colors} (Naut.), to lower the colors and return
them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
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Dip \Dip\, v. i.
1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to
sink.
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The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. --Coleridge.
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2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a
dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and
removing a part.
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Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.
--L'Estrange.
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3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.
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When I dipt into the future. --Tennyson.
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4. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self
desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; --
followed by in or into. "Dipped into a multitude of
books." --Macaulay.
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5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as,
strata of rock dip.
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6. To dip snuff. [Southern U.S.]
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Dip \Dip\, n.
1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a
liquid. "The dip of oars in unison." --Glover.
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2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line;
slope; pitch.
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3. a hollow or depression in a surface, especially in the
ground.
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4. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a
ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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5. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat.
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6. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the
performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and
his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and
then raises himself by straightening his arms.
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7. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is
dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip
(the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings
of subsequent years).
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8. (A["e]ronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb,
usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting
into an airhole.
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9. a liquid, in which objects are soaked by dipping; e.g., a
parasiticide or insecticide solution into which animals
are dipped (see {sheep-dip}).
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10. a sauce into which foods are dipped to enhance the
flavor; e. g., an {onion dip} made from sour cream and
dried onions, into which potato chips are dipped.
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11. a {pickpocket}. [slang]
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{Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the
seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon;
the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal
line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of
the ocean.

{Dip of the needle}, or {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed, in
a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle,
or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; --
called also {inclination}.

{Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination
to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its
direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}.
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