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Producing an induced magnetic response that opposes an applied magnetic field.
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- diamagnetic material
- diamagnetic response
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The test revealed a diamagnetic response in the sample.
She used the diamagnetic material to illustrate the difference between attraction and repulsion.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational technical adjective; comparative and superlative normally not used. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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