paramagnetic
adjective
para·mag·net·ic
ˌper-ə-mag-ˈne-tik 
ˌpa-rə-
: being or relating to a magnetizable substance (such as aluminum) that has small but positive susceptibility which varies little with magnetizing force
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Early in her novel, a woman is frozen to death with a chemical refrigerant made of paramagnetic salts: a Lot’s wife for the Information Age.
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Ian Wang, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Worker honeybees navigate using rings of paramagnetic iron oxide in their abdomens that swell or shrink depending on outside magnetic changes, allowing the insects to find their way home by following changes in the Earth’s magnetic fields.
—Molly Loomis, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2014
Lipids are also not ferromagnetic, but can be paramagnetic if certain specific conditions are met.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 23 June 2021
This sort of behavior is very similar to the behavior of, for instance, the orientation of magnetic spins during a paramagnetic phase transition.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2018
Ian Wang, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Worker honeybees navigate using rings of paramagnetic iron oxide in their abdomens that swell or shrink depending on outside magnetic changes, allowing the insects to find their way home by following changes in the Earth’s magnetic fields.
—Molly Loomis, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2014
Lipids are also not ferromagnetic, but can be paramagnetic if certain specific conditions are met.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 23 June 2021
This sort of behavior is very similar to the behavior of, for instance, the orientation of magnetic spins during a paramagnetic phase transition.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2018
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paramagnetic
adjective
para·mag·net·ic
ˌpar-ə-mag-ˈnet-ik
: being or relating to a magnetizable substance (as aluminum) that has a small but positive susceptibility which varies little with magnetizing force
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