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third-person singular simple present degausses, present participle degaussing, simple past and past participle degaussed
(transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.). quotations examples
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.
2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 59
plural degausses
The act by which something is degaussed. examples