magic

noun8

1. •
   the use of secret words and acts to make spirits or natural forces do what someone wants

   • “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.
2. •
   The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
3. •
   Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.

   • I look at him and there is a magic. What is it? Love? — 1965
4. •
   The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
5. •
   One such conjuring trick or illusion.
6. •
   The ability to cast a magic spell.

   • I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.
7. •
   (rare) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.

   • And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas. — 1950
8. •
   (slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.

   • The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point. — 2017

adjective6

1. •
   Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
2. •
   Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
3. •
   Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
4. •
   (informal) Great; excellent.

   • I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!
5. •
   Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable

   • The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.
6. •
   Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.

verb1

1. •
   To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.

   • The Western professionals magic so much money offshore that it is impossible to put a reliable figure on it. — 2018

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture.

   • Use of MAGIC in genome-wide expression screening can identify multiple protein targets of a drug. — 2010