DEMAGNETIZATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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))