The process of removing or neutralizing magnetic properties from something; demagnetization.
From deperm plus -ing (gerund suffix). The noun form nominates the technical procedure itself.
The term 'deperming' entered English during WWII when navies realized that magnetic mines could destroy even the strongest ships, so scientists had to develop industrial-scale demagnetization—a perfect example of war driving technical innovation.
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