nonmagnetic
adjective
non·mag·net·ic
ˌnän-mag-ˈne-tik 
: lacking magnetic qualities : not magnetic
a nonmagnetic material
nonmagnetic metals
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All of the home video systems under development included a storage medium—film, magnetic tape, nonmagnetic tape, and vinyl discs of various size and composition—and a device to play back the audio and video in high resolution.
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Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2025
However, the Japanese team has overturned this by observing a giant AHE in a nonmagnetic material.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
In one phase, the overall alignment is big, and in the other (nonmagnetic) phase, there is no alignment.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
There is another standard, the nonmagnetic wireless charging Extended Power Profile (EPP).
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2024
Physicists have studied ferromagnetism and the phase transition from nonmagnetic to magnetic with what is known as the Ising model, named after Ernst Ising, a German physicist.
—New York Times, 5 July 2022
Since a spinning nonmagnetic object creates electricity, it can be used with spinning magnets to activate eddy currents, electrical currents shaped like whirlpools that create their own magnetic fields.
—Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2021
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Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2025
However, the Japanese team has overturned this by observing a giant AHE in a nonmagnetic material.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
In one phase, the overall alignment is big, and in the other (nonmagnetic) phase, there is no alignment.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
There is another standard, the nonmagnetic wireless charging Extended Power Profile (EPP).
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2024
Physicists have studied ferromagnetism and the phase transition from nonmagnetic to magnetic with what is known as the Ising model, named after Ernst Ising, a German physicist.
—New York Times, 5 July 2022
Since a spinning nonmagnetic object creates electricity, it can be used with spinning magnets to activate eddy currents, electrical currents shaped like whirlpools that create their own magnetic fields.
—Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2021
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“Nonmagnetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonmagnetic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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