(now chiefly historical) The use of visual or plastic representations of people, spirits etc., for magical purposes.

Magic used to counteract or protect against a spell or enchantment.

Alternative form of magiclike

(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) temple garment

In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.

plural of magical girl

A Rubik's cube.

(number theory) By analogy with magic square, an n-by-n-by-n arrangement of n³ numbers such that the numbers in each row, in all columns (horizontal and vertical) and in all main diagonals (of which there are 6*n+4) each have the same sum.

(fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel. / (skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.

(historical) An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images. / (dated) A slide projector.