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degauss en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /diːˈɡaʊs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.
Meanings
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The act by which something is degaussed.
Forms
Synonyms
deperm (act of degaussing a ship)
Translations (4)
pl demagnetyzacja (act by which something is degaussed) · ru размагни́чивание (act by which something is degaussed) · fi demagnetointi (act by which something is degaussed) · pl rozmagnesowanie (act by which something is degaussed)
degauss en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /diːˈɡaʊs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.
Meanings
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(transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
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.
2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 59:
Forms
Deriveds
degausser
Synonyms
demagnetise · deperm (to reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from a ship)
Translations (12)
cmn 消磁 (to reduce a magnetic field) · pl demagnetyzować (to reduce a magnetic field) · pl rozmagnesować (to reduce a magnetic field) · lt išmagnetinti (to reduce a magnetic field) · ru размагни́чивать (to reduce a magnetic field) · fi demagnetoida (to reduce a magnetic field) · pl rozmagnesowywać (to reduce a magnetic field) · pl zdemagnetyzować (to reduce a magnetic field) · fr dégausser (to reduce a magnetic field) · is upphefja segulkraft (to reduce a magnetic field) · ru размагни́тить (to reduce a magnetic field) · is afsegulmagna (to reduce a magnetic field)