deperm

Verb

deperm (third-person singular simple present deperms, present participle deperming, simple past and past participle depermed)

1. (transitive) To degauss (a ship) by dragging a large powered electrical cable along its side.
   • 1948, The School Science Review, volume 30, page 46:

     Vessels wiped and depermed as outlined above were found to age towards their original state, so the processes as described were only effective for comparatively short periods and had to be repeated at regular intervals.

   • 1966, Chester L. Parsons, ‎C. A. Harris, IMP-I spacecraft magnetic test program, page 33:

     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.

   • 2009, James L. Burch, ‎Vassilis Angelopoulos, The THEMIS Mission, page 176:

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

Anagrams

• permed, pre-med, premed