'Demagnetize' definitions:
Definition of 'demagnetize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Erase (a magnetic storage device) [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise]
verb
Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship" [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss] [ant: magnetise, magnetize]
Definition of 'Demagnetize'
From: GCIDE
- Demagnetize \De*mag"net*ize\, v. t.
- 1. To deprive of magnetic properties; to render nonmagnetic. See Magnetize. [1913 Webster]
- If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. [archaic] [1913 Webster +PJC] -- {De*mag`net*i*za"tion}, n. -- {De*mag"net*i`zer}, n. [1913 Webster]