demagnetize

English

Alternative forms

• demagnetise (UK)

Etymology

From de- +‎ magnetize.

Verb

demagnetize (third-person singular simple present demagnetizes, present participle demagnetizing, simple past and past participle demagnetized)

1. (transitive) To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
2. (transitive) To erase the contents of a magnetic storage device.

Hyponyms

• degauss
• deperm

Derived terms

• demagnetizable
• demagnetization
• demagnetizer

Translations

to make something nonmagnetic

Belarusian: размагні́чваць impf (razmahníčvacʹ), размагні́ціць pf (razmahnícicʹ) Catalan: desmagnetitzar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 消磁 (zh) (xiāocí) French: démagnétiser (fr) Galician: desmagnetizar (gl) German: entmagnetisieren (de) Italian: demagnetizzare (it), smagnetizzare (it) Kazakh: магнитсіздендіру (magnitsızdendıru) Latin: demagnētizō Polish: rozmagnesowywać (pl) impf, rozmagnesować (pl) pf Romanian: demagnetiza (ro) Russian: размагни́чивать (ru) impf (razmagníčivatʹ), размагни́тить (ru) pf (razmagnítitʹ) Swedish: avmagnetisera (sv) Ukrainian: розмагні́чувати impf (rozmahníčuvaty), розмагні́тити pf (rozmahnítyty)

to erase the contents of a magnetic storage device