a material that exibit magnetism and which is characterized by the amount it is magnetized by an external magnetizing field (see: soft magnetic material, hard magnetic material, paramagnetic material), materjal, mida iseloomustab magnetism ja mida iseloomustatakse magnetiseerumise järgi välise magnetvalja toimel (vt pehmemagnetmaterjal, kõvamagnetmaterjal, paramagnetmaterjal)