degauss

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degauss - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  degauss \de*gauss"\ (d[-e]*gous"), n.
     1. To make a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by applying an
        opposing magnetic field.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. To remove irregular magnetization in (the electron gun of
        a cathode-ray tube); -- used to improve picture quality,
        especially in computer monitors.
        [PJC]

degauss - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  degauss
      v 1: make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of);
           "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
           [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss] [ant:
           magnetise, magnetize]