English Dictionary
degauss
v : make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of);
"demagnetize the iron shavings" [syn: {demagnetize}]
[ant: {magnetize}]
English Computing Dictionary
Gauss
1.
{Carl Friedrich Gauss} 2. Gaussian distribution.
See {normal distribution}.
3. The unit of magnetic field strength. 1 gauss ◦ 1
Maxwell / cm^2.
A good loudspeaker coil magnet flux density is of the order of
10 000 gauss.
(1995-03-18)