magnetism![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Action exerted by magnets and magnetic fields and phenomena. Magnetism can be characterized by the forces of attraction and repulsion between two masses.
attraction ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Force by which two bodies are pulled toward each other; opposite poles attract each other.
magnetic field ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area around the magnet where magnetic forces represented by lines of force are exerted, resulting in electron movement.
neutral line ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Line separating the north and south lines of the magnet and exhibiting no magnetic phenomena.
south pole ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
End of the magnet to which the field lines are directed and around which the exterior magnetic action is intense.
field line ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Imaginary line representing the direction of the magnetic forces between the north and south poles.
magnet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Body producing an exterior magnetic field; it attracts iron, nickel and cobalt as well as their alloys.
north pole ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
End of the magnet from which field lines originate and around which the exterior magnetic action is intense.
repulsion ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Force by which two bodies push against each other. Two poles of the same orientation (both positive or both negative) repulse each other.