Definition of "paramagnetism" []

• The tendency of magnetic dipoles to align with an external magnetic field; materials that exhibit this tendency become temporary magnets (noun)

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• "Pierre also discovered the effect of temperature on paramagnetism, which is now known as Curie's law."
• "Examples of the latter case is the transition between liquid and gas at the critical point, and from ferromagnetism to paramagnetism in metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt."
• "Examples are the transition between liquid and gas and the transition between ferromagnetism and paramagnetism."