Diamagnetic

cll-a-mag-net'ik, adj., cro -mag- nctic applied to any substance, such ns a rod of bismuth or gla , winch, when suspended between the poles of a magnet, arranges itself acro the line joining the poles (a rod of iron or of sealing-wax so held arranges itself parallel to the line joining the poles, and is said to mOte mOte mG5n /Aen. 123 135 IMG:page-135.webp:Page 135 Dimeter be paramagnetic). [Gr. dia, through, acro , and magnStis a magnet.) Diameter, dl-am'e-t6r, «. the measure through or acro : a straight line pa ing through the centre of a circle or other figure, terminated at both ends by the circumference. [Gr. diametros — dia, through, and metre in, to measure.) Chambers's Etymological Dictionary