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mag·i·cal
/ ˈmajikəl/
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adj.
1.
relating to or using magic:
a magical crystal ball.
∎
resembling magic; produced or working as if by magic:
he had a gentle, magical touch with the child.
2.
beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life:
it was a magical evening of pure nostalgia.
DERIVATIVES:
mag·i·cal·ly
adv.
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Magic Software Debuts Its Award-Winning Enterprise Development Environment for Linux; Rapid Porting of Technology Due to Mainsoft's Windows Platform for Linux.
Business Wire; 2/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGIC...Linux offering -- its award-winning Magic Enterprise Edition V.8 development environment for Linux. Magic partnered with Mainsoft Corp. (Mainsoft...
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Magic Software Enterprises Uses Upcoming Version of Magic/400 To Launch New AS/400 Strategy; Focus is on High Productivity Solutions For Wider AS/400 Market.
Business Wire; 10/13/1998; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGICF...strategy includes a third version of its Magic/400 software, due to be released by...under construction." New Version of Magic/400 Magic's commitment to the AS...
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Magic Solutions raises the bar with new version of industry-leading service management solution; Magic Service Desk 7.5 first-to-market browser-based solution with ITIL compatibility, new change and configuration management options, and accessibility for physically challenged users.
M2 Presswire; 2/13/2002; 700+ words
; ...13 February 2002-NETWORK ASSOCIATES: Magic Solutions raises the bar with new version...leading service management solution; Magic Service Desk 7.5 first-to-market...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022002 Magic Solutions, a division of Network Associates...
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MAGIC MOMENTS
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 12/6/2000; 700+ words
; ...Michael Kett believes life is filled with magic. That is one lesson his patients at Edward...at Seven Bridges learn when he combines magic tricks with physical therapy. But Kett was interested in magic long before he became a physical therapist...
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Magic squares from primary classroom to postgraduate research in 10 simple exercises: Tim Roberts invites students and their teachers to engage with the mathematics of magic squares.
Magazine article from: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...have any expectation of understanding; but with magic squares, one can do exactly that. Magic squares are an ideal tool for the effective illustration...managed to find a solution. Who knows what a magic square is? Some students may know: a square...
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Magic Software Announces New Web-Based CRM Suite of Products That Provides ``Real-Time Business Pulsing''.
Business Wire; 3/13/2000; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000 Magic eService to Debut at the Internet Commerce Expo in Boston, March 27-30, 2000 Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGIC...suite of Web-based products. The Magic CRM suite, which consists of four separate...
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Magic Software Enterprises announces alliance with IBM Corp.'s AS/400 Division; Magic to develop AS/400 server product; IBM-Magic Solution to rapidly migrate AS/400 sites to client/server environments.
Business Wire; 5/1/1996; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1996--Magic Software Enterprises (NASDAQ:MGICF) Wednesday...on a worldwide level. "IBM is pleased that Magic has chosen to focus on the AS/400. Magic's rapid and open tool expands the number of...
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Magic Software Enterprises announces comprehensive Internet strategy for World Wide Web applications; Magic WebLink solution for Internet available Wednesday; currently in use at Gannett.
Business Wire; 3/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 1996--Magic Software Enterprises (NASDAQ:MGICF...Web. This comprehensive strategy extends Magic's overall mission of providing developers...solution, available Wednesday, to build Magic server-based Internet applications...
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Magic Software Introduces Magic eDeveloper In China; Launch Event Attracts Several Hundred Developers And Journalists.
Business Wire; 7/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2002 Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGIC...solutions today announced the introduction of Magic eDeveloper (www.magicsoftware.com...that was held last week in Beijing. The Magic China Launch event was organized by Magic...
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Magic Solutions Recognized for Outstanding Customer Satisfaction by Arthur Andersen Enterprise Awards Program
PR Newswire; 10/29/1997; 700+ words
; ...N.J., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Magic Solutions International, Inc. the market...nominees in the Metropolitan New York area, Magic Solutions was one of four finalists for...director of technical support services for Magic Solutions, participated on a customer...
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Magic
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
MAGIC MAGIC. The English term "magic" ( magie in French, Magie in German, and magija in Russian) comes from the Greek magikos, a term that referred to a class of priests in ancient Persia and Greece. Later the word was taken over by Christianity...
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magic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
magic in religion and superstition, the practice...course of nature by preternatural means. Magic is based upon the belief that the universe...humans control over nature. The practice of magic is held to depend on the proper use of both...
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magic, witchcraft, and sorcery
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
magic, witchcraft, and sorcery The art of performing charms, spells...control events or govern certain natural or supernatural forces. Magic can be good, as in love magic or the canoe magic of the Trobriand Islanders before a hazardous...
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Sex Magic
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Sex Magic The sexualization of spirituality has a long...the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis), a German magic order founded in the 1890s. Through the...nineteenth century the basic problem in ceremonial magic was the building of energy for the accomplishment...
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Black Magic and Evil Eye
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
BLACK MAGIC AND EVIL EYE Magic has probably been practiced since the beginning of recorded history...chemistry, and other natural sciences. Over the thousands of years that magic has been evolving it has taken on many different forms, including...
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