Definition of "demagnetization" []

• The process of removing the magnetic field from an object. (noun)

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• "Giauque, who extended the temperature range experimentally accessible by introducing the method of adiabatic demagnetization in 1933."
• "I might add, with regard to the adiabatic demagnetization, I found a better way to get the data rather than having to push below 12 mK off the end of my dilution refrigerator."
• "The adiabatic demagnetization technique actually interfered with measurements and destroyed what I was trying to see."