degauss

From de- +‎ gauss. A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /diːˈɡaʊs/

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• Rhymes: -aʊs
• Hyphenation: de‧gauss

degauss (third-person singular simple present degausses, present participle degaussing, simple past and past participle degaussed)

1. (transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
   • 2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 59:

     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.

   Synonym: demagnetise

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

degauss (plural degausses)

1. The act by which something is degaussed.

• (act of degaussing a ship): deperm

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