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DEMAGNETIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of removing magnetization
Synonyms:
demagnetisation; demagnetization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("demagnetization" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demagnetization"):
degaussing (the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field)
Derivation:
demagnetize (make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of))
