degauss
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/diːˈɡaʊs/
Definition of degauss
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
-
(transitive)To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
“Despite sustaining some damage from air attacks, it was used as a mooring point for large landing crafts with a deep draught in the lead-up to the D-Day landings, and later for the purpose of degaussing vessels.”
See all 2 definitions Show less
verb
-
(transitive)To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
“Despite sustaining some damage from air attacks, it was used as a mooring point for large landing crafts with a deep draught in the lead-up to the D-Day landings, and later for the purpose of degaussing vessels.”
noun
- The act by which something is degaussed.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From de- + gauss (“unit of magnetic field strength”). A neologism coined by then-Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II.
Words you can make from degauss
71 playable · top: GASSED (8 pts)
Best play gassed 8 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
23 words3-letter words
24 words2-letter words
9 wordsFind your best play with degauss
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes degauss, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.