'Magnetic susceptibility' definitions:

Definition of 'Magnetic susceptibility'

From: GCIDE
  • Susceptibility \Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Susceptibilities. [Cf. F. susceptibilit['e].]
  • 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. [1913 Webster]
  • Magnetic susceptibility (Physics), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. --Sir W. Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion. [1913 Webster]