MAGNETISM
An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 29
n. Ma2g'ne2t-i2z'm. Lat., magnetism us (from ju.<iyn)s, a magnet). Fr., magnet is me. Ger., Magnetism us. 1. The cause of the attraction exercised by a magnet. 2. That branch of science which treats of the magnet, its properties, and their phenomena. [B, 21 (o, 38).] Animal m. A supposititious power by means of which persons of strong will influence those of weaker will; the power which is said to induce the mesmeric state. [L.] [s. 693]
Readham'da tam maddeyi gor →