Overview of noun degaussing

The noun degaussing has 1 sense

• degaussing -- (the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field)

Overview of verb degauss

The verb degauss has 1 sense

• demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss -- (make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship")