degaussing
degaussing is the present participle and gerund of degauss.
Meaning of degauss
Verb
degauss (third-person singular simple present degausses, present participle degaussing, simple past and past participle degaussed)
- To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
- 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
- Synonyms:
- demagnetise, deperm
Noun
degaussing (countable and uncountable, plural degaussings)
- The process of something being degaussed.
Forms of degaussing
| plural | degaussings |
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Questions about degaussing
- What does degaussing mean?
- Degaussing means the process of something being degaussed.
- What is degaussing the present participle and gerund of?
- Degaussing is the present participle and gerund of degauss.
- What part of speech is degaussing?
- Degaussing is a noun.
- What is the plural of degaussing?
- The plural of degaussing is degaussings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: degaussing (page history and authors); degauss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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