nonmagnetic ship

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• USS Peacock (MSC-198) — was an Falcon class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields. Peacock was laid down, 29 January 1953 as AMS 198 by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, California. It was launched, 19 June 1954;… …   Wikipedia

• compass — compassable, adj. compassless, adj. /kum peuhs/, n. 1. an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north. 2. the enclosing line or limits of any area; perimeter: You can… …   Universalium

• geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …   Universalium

• degauss — de*gauss (d[ e]*gous ), n. 1. To make a (steel) ship s hull nonmagnetic by applying an opposing magnetic field. [WordNet 1.5] 2. To remove irregular magnetization in (the electron gun of a cathode ray tube); used to improve picture quality,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• degaussing — n. the process of making a (steel) ship s hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English