DEGAUSS

demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss

(verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); “demagnetize the iron shavings”; “they degaussed the ship”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

degauss (third-person singular simple present degausses, present participle degaussing, simple past and past participle degaussed)

(transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).

Synonym: demagnetise

Synonyms

• (to reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from a ship): deperm

Noun

degauss (plural degausses)

The act by which something is degaussed.

Synonyms

• (act of degaussing a ship): deperm

Anagrams

• susegad

Source: Wiktionary

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