degauss
发音
How to pronounce degauss in British English:
英 [di:'gaʊs]
How to pronounce degauss in American English:
美 [di'gaʊs]
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- Verb:
- make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
单词词源
- degauss (v.)
- "de-magnetize," originally especially of ships as a defense against magnetic mines, 1940, from German scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), a pioneer in the study of magnetics.