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degauss

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7 lettersPronunciation /diːˈɡaʊs/Part of speech verbSorted adegssuStarts with DEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)

Word origin

From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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