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degauss, v.|diːˈgaʊs|
[f. de- II. 2 + the name of K. F. Gauss, German scientist (1777–1855). Cf. Gauss.]
trans. To protect (a ship) against magnetic mines by encircling it with an electrically charged cable (called the degaussing belt or degaussing girdle), so as to demagnetize it. Also in extended use, to remove unwanted magnetism from, to demagnetize. So deˈgaussed ppl. a., deˈgaussing vbl. n.
1940Times 9 Mar. 6/5 Since the object of the device was to render ships non-magnetic, the verb to ‘de-gauss’..was coined to indicate its function. Ibid., The ‘de-gauss-ing girdle’..consists of ordinary insulated electric cable, energized in a special way by an electric current. Ibid., One of the officers responsible for its development expressed himself perfectly ready himself to take any properly de-gaussed ship over any number of magnetic mines. 1940Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 1/4 A new word (de-gaussing) has been added to the wartime vocabulary of the Royal Navy as the result of the arrival of the German magnetic mine. It implies de-magnetising, or de-polarising a ship. 1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 Mar. 201 A device which makes a ship incapable of affecting the magnetic needle in the mine. The apparatus is known as a degaussing girdle. It takes the form of an electric cable following the line of the hull round the ship's upper deck or bulwark. 1946W. S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches 25 The protective measures of the Admiralty—convoy, diversion, degaussing. 1954C. P. Snow New Men 13 He was working at Rosyth in one of the first degaussing parties. 1960O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV 39 Degaussing, the process of removing residual magnetism from metallic objects. It is necessary frequently to degauss cutting room equipment. 1960J. L. Bernstein Video Tape Recording xii. 259 It is wise to degauss the heads prior to each recording session. 1968W. H. Buchsbaum Color TV Servicing (ed. 2) v. 50 Degaussing a picture tube, just like demagnetizing the tape recorder head, is accomplished by generating a strong AC field around the degaussed object and then gradually reducing this field. 1969Daily Tel. 21 July 10/8 Any colour receiver is sensitive to magnetic influences..and an elaborate degaussing process had to be applied to the first receivers that I used. |