Deperm

Quick meaning: Deperm is a verb meaning (transitive, chiefly nautical) To degauss or demagnetize; especially, to degauss a ship by dragging a large powered electrical cable along its side.

Meaning

(transitive, chiefly nautical) To degauss or demagnetize; especially, to degauss a ship by dragging a large powered electrical cable along its side.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly nautical) The act or process of deperming.

Example Sentences

Our present system deperms more reliably and is arranged to deperm the sensor each time the power source for the magnetometer is turned on.

Deperming the boards individually lead to a significant decrease in the magnetic moment of the whole unit, this was then repeated on all units.

When it is not possible to deperm the assembly below 95% of the post exposure magnitude, ascertain if the component contains parts with permanent magnets such as relays which would not deperm in the 50 gauss field.

One interesting feature of the S/N 008A and S/N 009 data is that the residual moment after deperms one through three increased from 735 to 870 pole-cm for S/N 008A, but decreased from 854 to 659 pole-cm for S/N 009.

Word Forms

• deperms
• deperming
• depermed

Synonyms for deperm

Depending on context, synonyms include wipe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include degauss, depolarize, wipe, depeach, demagnetize, depin.

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