magic adj : possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly]

1 any art that invokes supernatural powers

2 an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, legerdemain, conjuration, illusion, deception]

English

Alternative spellings

• magick

qualifier fantasy used as a deliberate archaism

qualifier occult used for supernatural magic, as distinguished from stage magic

Etymology

magik from magique, reborrowed from magice, borrowed from sc=polytonic (sc=polytonic), derived from sc=polytonic from magos magus, sorcerer, of Iranian origin; akin to Old Persian |tr=maguš.

Pronunciation

• /ˈmædʒɪk/, /ˈm

• Magic (paranormal) anything that is not naturally explainable by any laws of nature.
  • Magical thinking
  • Folk magic, traditional systems of magic
  • Magick, the magical system of Aleister Crowley and Thelema
  • Witchcraft, the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers
• Magic (illusion), the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks
  • Street magic, sleight of hand, etc.

In fantasy fiction:

• Magic (fantasy), a general overview of magic in works of fantasy
• Magic (Discworld), magic in the Discworld series
• Magic (Harry Potter), magic in the Harry Potter series
• Magic (Middle-earth), magic in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
• Magik (comics), a character in Marvel Comics.

In science and mathematics:

• Magic (cryptography), the codename for U.S. intelligence obtained from cryptanalysis of Japanese diplomatic transmissions during World War II
• Magic square, a square of numbers with identical row, column, and diagonal sums
• MAGIC (telescope), the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
• R550 Magic, a French-built anti-aircraft missile
• Multi Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside, a governmental website with a detailed mapping and layers of the United Kingdom
• Magnetism-based interaction capture, a magnetic nanoprobe technology for detecting molecular interactions in living cells
• Magnesium Injection Cycle, a design for a clean engine

In games:

• Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game in which participants play as powerful wizards
• Magic (gaming), paranormal magic as used in games
  • Final Fantasy magic, magic as used in the Final Fantasy game series
• Master of Magic a popular MS-DOS game.

In popular culture:

• Magic (T-Connection album), a 1977 album by T-Connection
• Magic (Gillan album), a 1982 album by Gillan
• Magic (Jets album), a 1987 album by The Jets
• Magic (Amii Stewart album), a 1992 album by Amii Stewart
• Magic (Axel Rudi Pell album), a 1997 album by the German Guitar Wizard
• Magic (Twins album), a 2004 album by Twins
• Magic (Bruce Springsteen album), a 2007 album by Bruce Springsteen
• Magic (novel), a novel by William Goldman made into a 1978 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret
• Magic (film), thriller-movie from 1978 starring Anthony Hopkins.
• Magic (rapper), a New Orleans-based rapper
• Magic (magazine), a magazine for magicians
• Magic (music magazine), a monthly music magazine in France
• Magic (Pilot song), a 1974 hit song by Pilot
• Magic (Olivia Newton-John song), a 1980 song by Olivia Newton-John
• Magic (The Cars song), a 1984 song by The Cars
• Magick (song), a 2006 song by the Klaxons
• Magick Power, a 1987 song by the paisley underground band, Opal.

In computing programming:

• Magic (programming), a general term for hiding complexity, as well as a UNIX command for "magically" determining unknown filetypes
  • Deep magic, a term for completely unknown workings in the depths of a program
  • Black magic (programming), a synonym for voodoo programming, techniques which seem to work but aren't fully understood as to why they work
• Magic number (programming), an arbitrary number that has been assigned a special meaning
• "Magic", a version of the MUMPS programming language developed by Meditech
• Magic (software), a popular VLSI layout tool
• Magic Software Enterprises, a software company which maintains eDeveloper
• ImageMagick, a suite of imaging programs
• MAJC, a multi-core, multi-threaded processor targeted at running Java code made by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s
• Magic (object-oriented programming), A prototype-based, object-oriented, event-driven (mainly I/O events) interpreted programming language developed at the Experimental Computing Facility, University of California, Berkeley.

Among radio stations:

• Magic Radio, a radio network and television channel based in the United Kingdom (disambiguation for affiliates)
• WKLI (Magic 100), a radio station in Albany, New York
• KZMG (Magic 93.1), a radio station in Boise, Idaho
• WMJX (Magic 106.7), a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts
• KKMG (98.9 Magic FM), a radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• WMGC (Magic 105.1), a radio station in Detroit, Michigan
• WMGS (Magic 93), a radio station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• Magic 89.9, a radio station in Manila, Philippines
• WLTB (Magic 101.7), a radio station in Binghamton, New York
• Magic 1278, a radio station in Melbourne, Australia
• Magic 107.7 FM, a radio station in Orlando, Florida
• KMAJ (Majic 107.7 FM), a radio station in Topeka, Kansas
• Magic 97.3 FM, a radio station in Panama City, Florida
• Magic 96.5 FM, a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama
• WMGQ Magic 98.3 FM, a radio station in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Magic 105.7 FM, a radio station in Cleveland, Ohio.
• WTHZ (Magic 94.1), a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Another station in the area, WMAG-FM, used the handle "Magic 99.5" for a period of time in the 1980s.
• Magic 100.5 FM, A radio station in Cumberland, Maryland.
• Majic 102.3 FM, the #1 R&B radio station in the Washington D.C. area.
• Magic 95.5 FM a radio station in Reno, Nevada

Magic can also mean:

• Orlando Magic, an NBA basketball team
• Magic Johnson, a famous basketball player
• Magic (trade show), the Men's Apparel Guild in California trade show

See also

• Magician
• Magus, a Zoroastrian priest; the origin of the word magic
• Magic and religion
• Magic in the Greco-Roman world
• Mana
• Magical thinking
• List of magical terms and traditions

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