magic
IPA: mˈædʒɪk
noun
- The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
- The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
- (gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
- Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
- The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions.
- An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.
- Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture. [A type of nanoproteomics in which a magnetic field is used to induce movement of superparamagnetic nanoparticles in living cells in order to identify molecular targets.]
verb
- (transitive) To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.
adjective
- Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
- Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
- Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
- (colloquial) Great; excellent.
- (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
- (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
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