Definition of "diamagnetism" []

• A weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction (noun)

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• "Fortunately, diamagnetism is too weak to cause shipwreck in this way."
• "Professor Main, head of physics at the University of Nottingham, worked on a project to levitate a frog using an effect called diamagnetism: ‘By changing the energy of electrons whizzing around in the nuclei of atoms, you create a force that acts on a molecular level."
• "In science, I would ask, is "diamagnetism" correctly explained by terming it "the property of any substance whereby it turns itself, when freely suspended, at right angles to the magnetic meridian.""