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magnetical, a. Now rare.|mægˈnɛtɪkəl|
[f. mod.L. magnētic-us (see prec.) + -al1.]
1. = magnetic a. 1.
1581Borough (title) A Discours of the Variation of the Cumpas, or Magneticall Needle. 1581― Disc. Var. Compass i. B j, The magneticall meridian. 1625N. Carpenter Geogr. Del. i. iii. (1635) 46 A Magneticall Body by some is defined to bee that which seated in the Aire doth place it selfe in one place naturall, not alterable. 1633T. James Voy. Q ij b, The Magneticall Azimuths. 1696Whiston Th. Earth ii. (1722) 109 Dr. Halley..has discover'd at least two Magnetical Poles. 1773Brydone Sicily xi. (1776) I. 231 The needle..entirely lost its magnetical power, standing indiscriminately at every point of the compass. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. IV. l. 382 You will find the iron appear more magnetical than the steel. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 435/2 The variation of the compass first showed..that the earth had two magnetical poles by which the needle is influenced. 1876Davis Polaris Exp. App. 639 The Coast Survey..has contributed astronomical and magnetical instruments.
†b. = magnetic 1 c. Also const. of. Obs.
1626Bacon Sylva §75 There is an Opinion, that the Moone is Magneticall of Heat, as the Sun is of Cold, and Moisture. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. i. ii. xxvi, All these be substances self-moveable: And that we call virtue magneticall..I comprehend it in the life plantall. 1671Grew Anat. Plants i. iii. §21 It will in its own magnetical tendency to ascend, reduce the Cortical Body to a compliance with it. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. i. 124 For who, almost, grants not..that the Planets are Magnetical Bodys touched by the Sun,..and thereupon move faster when in {male} with him, direct.
†c. Of a writer: That treats of magnetism. Obs.
1676Boyle Mech. Orig. divers Qual., Magnetism 20 But Magnetism is so fertile a Subject, that if I had now the leisure and conveniency to range among Magnetical Writers, I should scarce doubt of finding [etc.].
¶d. In the 17th c. often applied to remedies for which a magical or occult virtue was claimed.
1628Burton Anat. Mel. ii. i. i. i. (ed. 3) 209 Whether by these diabolical meanes..this disease and the like may be cured? and if they may whether it bee lawfull to make vse of them, those magneticall cures? 1632Ibid. ii. iv. (ed. 4) 281 Balsomes, strange extracts, elixars, and such like magico-magneticall cures. 1621Ibid. iii. ii. v. iv. 651 Cardan.. reckons up many magneticall remedies. 1630Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 289 He tells of a great Person, who usually works such Magnetical Cures of that disease. 1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. v. 226 Eminent physicians have both made use of and commended magnetical remedies. 1722Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), Magnetism, and Magnetical Virtues, are much used by some who find their Account more in Amusement than useful Knowledge: and some affect to explain or recommend by such Terms, those Remedies, for the Application and Operation of which, they have no better Reasons at hand.
2. fig. = magnetic a. 2.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. V, Wks. (1711) 96 That the king had a magnetical affection towards him. 1675Traherne Chr. Ethics 468 Modesty..preferreth another above it self, and in that its magnetical and obliging quality much consisteth. a1792Horne Wks. (1818) III. iii. 34 The virtue of his death, and the consequent ‘power of his resurrection’..compose a divine magnetical influence.
3. Pertaining to animal magnetism.
1794Godwin Cal. Williams 112 There was a magnetical sympathy between me and my master. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 449/2 The room where the patients underwent the magnetical operations. 1802Acerbi Trav. I. 273 The proficiency of the Baron in the magnetical science has not met with very great success.
†B. n. pl. Magnetic properties. Obs. rare.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 71 Men that ascribe thus much unto rocks of the north, must presume or discover the like magneticals in the south. |