degauss

Meanings

Verb

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

Noun

The act by which something is degaussed.

Related

Similar words

deperm

Origin

From de- + gauss. A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.

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