Degauss
//diːˈɡaʊs// noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is degaussed.
Verb
- 1 To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.). transitive
"Despite sustaining some damage from air attacks, it was used as a mooring point for large landing crafts with a deep draught in the lead-up to the D-Day landings, and later for the purpose of degaussing vessels."
- 2 make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) wordnet
Example
More examples"Despite sustaining some damage from air attacks, it was used as a mooring point for large landing crafts with a deep draught in the lead-up to the D-Day landings, and later for the purpose of degaussing vessels."
Etymology
From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.
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