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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of physics that deals with phenomena associated with magnetic effects on matter as it emits light, having applications in computer data-storage and waveguides.
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- noun physics the branch of
physics which deals with the influence of amagnetic field onoptical phenomena
Etymologies
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magneto- + optics
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