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electric telegraph, a telegraph in which the currents are magneto-telephone (mag"ne-t6-ter-f6n), n. 
produced by magneto-electric machines, In contradistinc- j^ telephone in which variations in the strength 
tion to telegraphs in which voltaic batteries are used Q t produce O r are produced by, un- 
magnetO-electrical (mag'ne-to-e-lek tri-kal), dulator y currents j n a coil of wire surrounding 
either the whole or a part of the magnet and 
part of the telephone circuit. See 
Same as magneto-electric. 
magneto-electricity(mag / 'ne-to-e-lek-tris'i-ti), 
n. 1 . Electricity evolved by the action of mag- 
nets. 2. That branch of science which treats 
of phenomena in which the principles of both 
magnetism and electricity are involved. See 
electromagnetism. 
nct(ic) + Gr. ypd[t/m, a writing: see gram?.] 
The automatic record of the movements of the 
magnetic needles in an observatory. Nature, 
XXXVIII. 256. 
magnetograph (mag-net'o-graf), . [< mag- 
net(ic) + Gr. ypatyciv, write.] 1. A magnetom- 
eter arranged to give an automatic and contin- 
magneto-transmitter (mag"ne-to-trans-mit - 
er),. 1. In telephony, a magneto-telephone used 
to transmit speech or other sounds. 2. In teleg., 
li-fi-a-bl), a. 
-able.] 1. Capable of being n 
larged. 2. Worthy to be magnified or extolled. 
Number, though wonderful in itself, and sufficiently 
magnifiable from its demonstrable affection, hath yet re- 
ived adjections from the multiplying conceits of men. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 12. 
magnify 
The truly good government is not that which concen- 
trates magnificence in a court, but that which diffuses 
happiness among a people. Macaulay, Mirabeau. 
2f. A high degree of generosity; munificence. 
Thou helest laundes, goutes, and dropsyes, 
By our lordes fauour, grace, and marjmjfycence. 
Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 61. 
The magnificent man must be liberal also ; for the liberal 
man, too, will spend the right amount in the right manner : 
only, both the amount and the manner being right, mag- 
nificence is distinguished from liberality by greatness. 
Peters, tr. of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. 
3. A title of courtesy belonging of right to sev- 
eral high officers of ancient Rome, and also to 
the rector (rector magnificus), prorector, and 
chancellor of a German university, and to some 
other German officials: corresponding to lord- 
ship, highness, or eminence (with his or your pre- 
fixed). =Syn. 1. Pomp, e'clat. See grand. 
!- magnificencyt (mag-nif 'i-sen-si), .; pi. 
(j. nificencies (-siz). 1. Magnificence; grand 
great ^see wat/i", wuyiiuuuv), T^ ^/wt/c/c, uu. * 
fact.] Making great or illustrious ; glorifying 
(mag'ne-to-in'strij- or glorious; splendid; magnificent. [Rare.] magnificent (mag-mf i- 
gram. 
magneto-instrument 
ment), n. Same as magneto: 
magnetology (mag-ne-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. jiay- 
VTK (/tayvTjT-), a magnet, + -/loy/a, < Myeiv, speak: 
see -ology."] A treatise on the magnet and mag- 
netism ; the science of magnetism. 
magneto-machine (mag ' ne - to - ma - shen^), n. 
Same as magneto. Eissler, Mod. Sigh Explo- 
sives, p. 177. ,_ 
magnetometer (mag-ne-tom'e-t6r), n. [< Gr. magn ifi ca l (mag-nif'i-kal), a. [< magnific 
fOytOK (fM^virr-), a magnet, + /terpov, a measure.] _ fl( n L j ko a magnifico :" same as magnific. 
An instrument used to measure magnetic forces 
or the strength of a magnetic field, especially . 
one used to measure the intensity of the earth s magniflcally (mag -nif 'i-kal-i), adv 
magnetic force at any place. Magnetometers are ar- ,,;?", nT ,;, Pv . with nomn or snl 
ranged to measure the horizontal and vertical components mncal manner with om or sl 
of this force, from which its total intensity and direction 
are calculated. Blfllar magnetometer. See bifilar. 
O parent ! these are thy magnific deeds. 
Milton, P. L., x. 364. 
This King [Henry VIII.] at Boloigne was victorious; 
In peace and warre, Magnifigue, Glorious; 
In his rage bounty he did oft expresse 
His Liberality to bee excesse. 
John Taylor, Memoriall of Monarchs. 
Then too the pillar'd dome magnific heav'd 
Its ample root Thomson, Autumn, 1. 136. 
His port & state Is in maner as magnifical as the other 
id ambassadors. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 294. 
In a mag- 
nificat manner; with pomp or splendor. Jer. 
Taylor, Holy Dying, iv. 9. 
. Magnificat (mag-nif 'i-kat), M. [< L. magnificat 
niagnetometric (mag*ne-to-met'rik), a. [\ (3d pers. sing. pres. ind. act. of magnificare, 
magnetometr(y) + -ic.] Pertaining to or em- magnify: see magnify), as used in the Vulgate, 
ployed in the measurement of magnetic forces ; Luke i. 46 : "Magnificat anima mea Dominum."] 
obtained by means of a magnetometer: as, mag- l. The song or hymn of the Virgin Mary in 
netometric observations. T ..i^^i AR **** Tnnt*ir,r\i-ntr *'A^Trcmii /ir^t.Vi TY*Q(yni_ 
magnetometry (mag-ne-tom'e-tri), n. [< Gr. 
ItayviK, a magnet, + -fterpia, < /ilrpov, a mea- 
sure.] The measurement of the strength of a 
magnet, or, more strictly, of a magnetic field ; about A D 600 _ Jn the Greek clmrch , t , 8 tne nlnth aae 
especially, the measurement of the earth s mag- (canticle) at Orthros (Lauds), and is called the Ode of the 
_ j ? a. [( L. as if 
magnificen(t-)s (occurring in the compar. and 
superl. of magnificus, and its deriv. magnificen tin : 
see magnific and magnificence), equiv. to mag- 
nificus, great in deeds or sentiment, noble, 
splendid, etc., < magnus, great, + -ficen(t-)s, an 
accom. form of -ficien( t-)s, the reg. form in comp. 
of facien(t-)s, ppr.of/acerc,do: seefact,facient.] 
If. Great in deeds 'or action; especially, very 
liberal; munificent; generous; open-handed. 
Know, you court-leeches, 
A prince is never so magnificent 
As when he's sparing to enrich a few 
With the injuries of many. 
Masiinger, Emperor of the East, ii. 1. 
That Clttie In reward of vertue was ever magnificent. 
Milton, Hist. Eng., ii. 
2. Making a great show; possessing or pre- 
tending to greatness ; stately; ostentatious. 
A letter from the magnificent Armado. 
Shak., L. L. L., i. 1. 193. 
netic force ; the use of a magnetometer. 
magnetomotive (mag'ne-to-mo'tiv), a. Pro- 
ducing active magnetic effects Magnetomo- 
tive force, the magnetizing force or influence to which 
a magnetic substance is subjected in a magnetic field; 
the quantity which divided by the magnetic resistance 
gives the intensity of magnetization. Analogous to elec- 
tromotive force. 
Luke i. 46 - 55, beginning ' 
fy the Lord." It is very similar to the song of Hannah 
(1 Sam. ii. 1-10), which has accordingly been called the 
Old Testament Magnificat. The Magnificat was in use in 
the hours or daily service of the Christian church as early as 
about A. D. 500. In the Greek Church it is the ninth ode 
Theotocos. It was at first omitted from the American 
Prayer-book, but was restored in 1886. 
2. A musical setting of this hymn Magnificat 
at matlnst, something out of place (in allusion to the 
proper place of this canticle in toe even-song). 
The note is here all out of place, . . . and so their note 
comes in like Magnificat at mattins. 
in appearance or character ; exhibit- 
ing greatness ; splendid ; brilliant ; of extraor- 
dinary excellence: as, a magnificent building or 
view; a magnificent victory or poem; magnifi- 
cent conceptions. 
This was thought and called a magnificent answer. 
Byron, Childe Harold, iv. 31, note. 
4. Exhibiting greatness of size or extent : as, 
the preparations were upon a magnificent scale ; 
a city of magnificent distances. 
Far distant he descries, 
Ascending by degrees magnificent 
UD to the wall of heaven, a structure high. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 502. 
=Syn. Superb, Splendid, etc. (see grand); imposing, au- 
Andrewes, Sermons, v. 49. (Davies.) 
magneto-optic (mag'ne-to-op'tik), o. Pertain- magn ifl c atet (mag-nif 'i-kat), v.t. [< L. magiii- gust, gorgeous, 
ing to magneto-optics. //,/*, pp. of magnificare, magnify : see mag- magnificently (mag-nif . i-sent-li), adv. In a 
magneto-optics (mag"ne-to-op'tiks), . That j^.] To magnify or extol, magnificent manner; with magnificence; splen- 
That with oath 
Magnificates his merit. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
[=OF. 
branch of physics which considers the modify- 
ing action of a magnet upon light. Its most im- 
portant effect is the rotation of the plane of polarization 
'. "nv magnification (mag"ni-fi-ka'shon), n. 
ployed in these experiments, this subject is mainly in- 
cluded under the more general head of electro-optics. 
magnetophone (mag-net'o-fon), n. [< Gr. ji&y- 
vr/f (/iayvr/T-), a magnet, -4- Quvij, sound, voice.] 
An apparatus devised by H. S. Carhart, con- 
sisting essentially of a horseshoe magnet, in 
front of which is a disk of sheet-iron pierced 
with a number of holes, and on the other side a 
small induction-coil in circuit with a telephone. 
Upon rotating the disk, a clear musical note is heard in 
the telephone, the pitch rising as the rapidity of rotation 
is increased. This is explained by the intermittent action 
of the magnet upon the core of the coil, caused by the 
presence of the rotating perforated disk. 
magneto-pointer (mag^ne-to-poin'ter), n. The 
index of a magneto-electric dial -telegraph. 
magneto-printer (mag // ne-t6-prin'ter), n. A 
printing telegraph in which a magneto-electric 
machine is the working-power. More fully 
called magneto-printing telegraph. T. D. Loci-- 
wood, Elect., Mag., and Teleg., p^ 
didly; brilliantly; gorgeously. 
Maghificet (mag-nif 'i-set), n. [< L. magnificet, 
3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of magnificare, magni- 
fy: see magnify.] A name of Mid-Lent Thurs- 
day, taken from the first word of the collect. 
magmfication,<UL.magnifica1io(n-),<lj.magm- 
ficare, magnify: see magnify.'] 1. The act of Bampson, Medii JEvi Kalendarium, II. 254. 
magnifying, or the state of being magnified or magnifico (mag-nif'i-ko), n. [It,, < L. magnifi- 
enlarged, as by a lens. 
Psychological magnification is not more absurd than 
physical, although the processes in the two cases must be 
materially different ; but of course in no case is magnifi- 
cation possible without limit. 
J. Ward, Encyc. Brit, XX. 48. 
2. In micros., specifically, increase of visual 
power in respect of penetration as well as su- 
perficial enlargement, thus contrasting with 
amplification. 
magnetpscope (mag-net'o-skop), n. 
a magnet, + 
from the 
not an equivalent revelation of hidden details. Itisin this 
revealing quality, which I shall call magnification, that our 
recent lenses so brilliantly excel. 
DSUinger, 1884. (Nature, XXX. 62.) 
3. The act of magnifying or extolling. Jer. 
Taylor. 
cus, noble, great: see magnific.'} 1. A title of 
courtesy formerly given to Venetian noblemen ; 
hence, a grandee ; a man of high rank or pre- 
tensions; a great man. 
The duke himself, and the magnificoes 
Of greatest port, have all persuaded with him. 
Shak., M. of V., iii. 2. 282. 
2. A by-name for the rector of a German uni- 
versity, who is entitled to be addressed as your 
Magnificence. See magnificence, 3. 
1 . One who or that 
Little is gained by expanding the image of an object magnifier (mag'ni-fi-er), n. 
i ten-thousandth of an inch to an inch, if there be w hi c h magnifies or enlarges. 
[< Gr. magnificence (mag-nif 'i-sens), n. [<ME.mjf- 
Mens hilaris, requies, moderata dieta is a great magni- 
fier of honest mirth. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 298. 
2. Specifically, an optical instrument that mag- 
nifies; a convex lens, a concave mirror, or a 
combination of lenses or mirrors, which in- 
creases the apparent magnitude of bodies. 
i -, , j view.] nificence, < OF. and F. magnificence = Sp. Pg. magnifiquet, An obsolete form of magnific. 
1. A person supposed to see, or a thing sup- magnificencia = It. magnificenza, < L. magnifi- magnify (mag'ni-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. magni- 
posed to aid in seeing, by means of magnetism ; 
a clairvoyant, or a clairvoyant's device. 2. In 
physics, a contrivance for indicating the pres- 
ence of magnetic force, but without measuring 
its intensity. 
magneto-telegraph (rnag"ne-t6-tel'e-graf), n. 
Same as magneto-electric telegraph (which see, 
under magneto-electric). 
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centia, greatness in action or sentiment, noble- 
ness, splendor, < *magnificen(t-)s, magnificim, 
magnificent: see magnificent.] 1. The state 
or condition of being magnificent; grandeur, 
as of appearance or of character; splendor; 
brilliancy: as, the magnificence of a palace or 
of a procession; the magnificence of Shak- 
spere's genius. 
, . . . . 
fied, ppr. magnifying. [< ME. magnifien, < OF. 
(also F.) ni'ignifier = Sp. Pg. magnificar = It. 
mugnificare, < L. magiiificitre, make much of, 
esteem highly, praise highly, extol, magnify, < 
iiKiiiniis, great, + fuccre, make. Cf. magnified] 
1 . To make greater ; increase the size, amount, 
or extent of ; enlarge ; augment. [Rare in this 
literal sense.] 
