- magnetism, magnetic attraction, magnetic force - attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
--1 is a kind of attraction, attractive force
--1 has particulars:electromagnetism; antiferromagnetism; diamagnetism; ferromagnetism; paramagnetism - magnetism, magnetics - the branch of science that studies magnetism
--2 is a kind of geophysics, geophysical science