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The painter's magic skill.

&fist; Although with certain words magic is used more than
magical, -- as, magic circle, magic square,
magic wand, -- we may in general say magic or
magical; as, a magic or magical effect; a
magic or magical influence, etc. But when the adjective
is predicative, magical, and not magic, is used; as,
the effect was magical.

Magic circle, a series of concentric circles
containing the numbers 12 to 75 in eight radii, and having somewhat
similar properties to the magic square. -- Magic humming
bird (Zoöl.), a Mexican humming bird
(Iache magica) , having white downy thing tufts. --
Magic lantern. See Lantern. --
Magic square, numbers so disposed in parallel
and equal rows in the form of a square, that each row, taken
vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, shall give the same sum, the
same product, or an harmonical series, according as the numbers taken
are in arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonical progression.


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