Demagnetize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demagnetize \De*mag"net*ize\, v. t.
     1. To deprive of magnetic properties; to render nonmagnetic.
        See {Magnetize}.
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              If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized.


                                                    --Am. Cyc.
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     2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. [archaic]
        [1913 Webster +PJC] -- {De*mag`net*i*za"tion}, n. --
        {De*mag"net*i`zer}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demagnetize
       v 1: erase (a magnetic storage device) [syn: {demagnetise}]
       2: make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of);
          "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
          [syn: {demagnetise}, {degauss}] [ant: {magnetize}, {magnetize}]