demagnetize

English

Alternative forms

demagnetise (UK)

Etymology

Verb

demagnetize (third-person singular simple present demagnetizes, present participle demagnetizing, simple past and past participle demagnetized)

(transitive) To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
(transitive) To erase the contents of a magnetic storage device.

Hyponyms

Translations

to make something nonmagnetic

Belarusian: размагні́чваць impf (razmahníčvacʹ), размагні́ціць pf (razmahnícicʹ)
Catalan: desmagnetitzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消磁 (zh) (xiaoci)
French: démagnétiser (fr)
Galician: desmagnetizar (gl)
German: entmagnetisieren (de)
Italian: demagnetizzare (it)
Kazakh: магнитсіздендіру (magnitsızdendıru)
Polish: rozmagnesowywać impf, rozmagnesować pf
Romanian: demagnetiza (ro)
Russian: размагни́чивать (ru) impf (razmagníčivatʹ), размагни́тить (ru) pf (razmagnítitʹ)
Swedish: avmagnetisera
Ukrainian: розмагні́чувати impf (rozmahníčuvaty), розмагні́тити pf (rozmahnítyty)

to erase the contents of a magnetic storage device