Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demagnetize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demagnetize \De*mag"net*ize\, v. t.
1. To deprive of magnetic properties. See {Magnetize}.
If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized.
--Am. Cyc.
2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. --
{De*mag`net*i*za"tion}, n. -- {De*mag"net*i`zer}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demagnetize
v : make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of);
"demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the
ship" [syn: {demagnetise}, {degauss}] [ant: {magnetize},
{magnetize}]
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