noun
paramagnetism
Technical term in physics for the property of a material that is weakly attracted by an external magnetic field.
常磁性を示す物質は、外部磁場に弱く引き寄せられる。
Materials that exhibit paramagnetism are weakly attracted to an external magnetic field.
Diamagnetism; materials are weakly repelled by a magnetic field, opposite to paramagnetism.
Compound of 常 (constant, normal) and 磁性 (magnetism), likely a calque from Western scientific terminology.