[meteorite-list] Word for "attracted by magnets"

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jul 18 20:04:49 2006
Message-ID: <A8044CCD89B24B458AE36254DCA2BD07A4EC64_at_0005-its-exmp01.us.saic.com>

Hi G?ran,

> Paramagnetic? Are you sure you don't mean ferromagnetic?

I guess I was fumbling for a word other than "magnetic" -- a
word that has a different meaning for most people. In the
meteorite community, we all know what is meant when someone
says a meteorite is "magnetic"; perhaps ferromagnetic is the
correct word. What I was looking for was the term that most
closely means "attracted by permanent magnets, but not (necessarily)
attracted to lumps of iron that are not permanent magnets."

--Rob
Received on Tue 18 Jul 2006 08:04:30 PM PDT