Diamagnetic

dī-a-mag-net′ik, adj. cro -magnetic—applied to any substance, such as a rod of bismuth or gla , which, 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 be Paramagnetic ).— adv. Diamagnet′ically .— n. Diamag′netism , the form of magnetic action po e ed by diamagnetic bodies: the branch of magnetism which deals with diamagnetic phenomena. [Gr. dia , through, magnētēs , magnēs , a magnet.]