Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word MAGIC

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Definitions of MAGIC

1. An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.
2. 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. [from 14th c.]
3. Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill. [from 17th c.]
4. Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.]
5. Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.]
6. Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc. [from 19th c.]
7. (colloquial) Great; excellent. [from 20th c.]
8. (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184. [from 20th c.]
9. (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable [from 20th c.]
10. (transitive) To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic. [from 20th c.]
11. Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture.
12. (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.

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Examples of Using MAGIC in a Sentence

• Abracadabra is a magic word, historically used as an apotropaic incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic.
• Through the use of these and a magic wand or staff, she would transform her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals.
• The game favors the use of magic in combat, as spells are the only weapons that work from a distance.
• Afer became praetor in 25 AD, and gained the favor of Tiberius by accusing Claudia Pulchra, the second cousin of Agrippina, of adultery and the use of magic arts against the emperor, in 26 AD.
• In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future).
• Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds.
• In this manner, while all books on magic could be thought of as grimoires, not all magical books should be thought of as grimoires.
• The tradition is itself named after Gardner (1884–1964), a British civil servant and amateur scholar of magic.
• Many present-day concepts of ritual and magic that are at the centre of contemporary traditions, such as Wicca and Thelema, were inspired by the Golden Dawn, which became one of the largest single influences on 20th-century Western occultism.
• She is variously associated with crossroads, night, light, magic, protection from witchcraft, drugs, and the Moon.
• Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits (October 1, 1949 – August 12, 2010) was an American Neo-Druid who published a number of books on the subject of Neopaganism and magic.
• Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
• His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, works of rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.
• A magical organization or magical order is an organization or secret society created for the practice of initiation into ceremonial or other forms of occult magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members.
• Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L.
• The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name , was an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source.
• The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of , is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H.
• The term occult sciences was used in 16th-century Europe to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic.
• He is one of the originators of chaos magic theory, a cofounder of the Illuminates of Thanateros, and the founder and chancellor of Arcanorium College.

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