verb · transitive

degauss

de·gauss

degauss · degausses · degaussed · degaussing

размагничивать, размагнитить

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

/diːˈɡaʊs/

Meaning

1 senses

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

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Русский

By meaning 1

to reduce a magnetic field:

From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander

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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degausses, degaussing, degaussed, degaussed

regular · Lesson

I, you, we, they	degauss
he, she, it	degausses

all persons

degaussed

I, you, we, they	have degaussed
he, she, it	has degaussed

all persons

will degauss

3 synonyms

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

Close in meaning

make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of):demagnetize demagnetise

2 related words

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