degauss

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  • Verb:
    make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)

Word Origin

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.

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