Degauss

2 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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