a substance in which an induced magnetic field is parallel and proportional to the intensity of the magnetizing field but is much weaker than in ferromagnetic materials

Used to describe a substance that is weakly magnetized so that it will lie parallel to a magnetic field.

A material with a slight attraction towards the region where the magnetic field is strongest is said to be paramagnetic ( As opposed to a diamagnetic material ).

a term used to describe a substance that shows a relatively strong attraction to an external magnetic field; these substances have representative particles with one or more unpaired electrons.

All materials are affected by magnetic fields. Those which are attracted are called paramagnetic. The reaction to a magnetic field of these two classes of substances is very slight indeed. The few materials that are strongly attracted by magnetic fields are called ferromagnetic.

attracted by a magnetic field

Compounds with an orbital electron of unpaired spin having a net magnetic moment.

Any substances which are more strongly attracted towards magnetic fields are described as paramagnetic. (See also Diamagnetic).