reˈmagnetize, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To magnetize again. Also remagnetiˈzation.
| 1839 Advt. in G. S. Haight George Eliot & John Chapman (1969) 259 Compasses made to order and remagnatized [sic]. 1849 Noad Electricity (ed. 3) 439 The weak needle is then remagnetized by passing a small bar magnet a few times along it from end to end. 1873 Maxwell Electr. & Magn. (1881) II. 85 If the force..acts in the positive direction it will begin to remagnetize the iron. 1876 Preece & Sivewright Telegraphy 87 It renders a fresh adjustment or remagnetisation necessary. |