behaving like a magnet; that can be attracted by a magnet 像磁铁的；有磁性的 magnetic materials 磁性材料 Steel is magnetic. 钢可以被磁铁吸引。 The block becomes magnetic when the current is switched on. 一通上电流，这块板就会有磁性。
connected with or produced by magnetism 磁的；磁性的 magnetic properties/forces 磁性；磁力 a magnetic disk (= one containing magnetic material that stores information to be used by a computer) 磁盘
that people find very powerful and attractive 富有吸引力的；有魅力的 a magnetic personality 富有魅力的个性
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin magneticus, from Latin magneta, from Greek magnēs lithos ‘lodestone’, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French magnete (from Latin magnes, magnet-).