1. имя существительное 1) волшебство, магия Например: black magic — чёрная магия by magic — по волшебству to perform magic — показывать фокусы The medicine worked as if by magic. — Лекарство оказало волшебный эффект. Синоним(ы): witchery, sorcery 2) очарование Синоним(ы): charm, fascination 2. смотри значение magical
I. noun Etymology: Middle English magique, from Middle French, from Latin magice, from Greek magikē, feminine of magikos Magian, magical, from magos magus, sorcerer, of Iranian origin; akin to Old Persian maguš sorcerer 1. a. the use of means (as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces b. magic rites or incantations 2. a. an extraordinary power or influence seemingly from a supernatural source b. something that seems to cast a spell; enchantment 3. the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand II. adjective 1. of or relating to magic 2. a. having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers b. giving a feeling of enchantment • magical adjective • magically adverb III. transitive verb (magicked; magicking) to produce, remove, or influence by magic
An early system on the Midac computer.
1. As yet unexplained, or too complicated to explain; compare automagically and (Arthur C.) Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. "TTY echoing is controlled by a large number of magic bits." "This routine magically computes the parity of an 8-bit byte in three instructions." 2. Characteristic of something that works although no one really understands why (this is especially called black magic). 3. (Stanford) A feature not generally publicised that allows something otherwise impossible or a feature formerly in that category but now unveiled. Compare wizardly, deep magic, heavy wizardry. For more about hackish "magic" see Magic Switch Story. 4. magic number.