Definitions for padding
ˈpæd ɪŋpad·ding

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. padding, cushioningnoun

   artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paddingnoun

   Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

2. paddingnoun

   Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.

3. paddingnoun

   Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.

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1. padding

   Padding refers to the addition of extra content, usually blank, to a certain piece of information or data to achieve a desired size, format or appearance. It is commonly used in computing and cryptography to meet specific technical requirements like aligning data in memory blocks, ensuring security of transmitted data, or designing website layout. This added content, which does not carry any meaningful information, is called padding.

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1. Padding

   of Pad

2. Paddingnoun

   the act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing

3. Paddingnoun

   the material with which anything is padded

4. Paddingnoun

   material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc

5. Paddingnoun

   the uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Padding

   Padding is thin cushioned material sometimes added to clothes. It is often done in an attempt to soften impacts on certain zones of the body or enhance appearance by 'improving' a physical feature, often a sexually significant one. In fashion, there is padding for: ⁕Breasts – sometimes called falsies ⁕The male crotch – usually called a codpiece. ⁕Height – usually in shoes and often called elevator shoes. ⁕Width of shoulders, called shoulder pads – in coats and other garments for men, and sometimes for women.

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1. • Artifact

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How to pronounce padding?

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How to say padding in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of padding in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of padding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of padding in a Sentence

1. Ewan McGregor:

   Although I wear some padding for Ray to make him heavier, this scene had to justify that padding. It wouldn’t make sense for me to wear padding and not be fat when I got out of the bath. So when I got out of the bath, I was properly overweight for me.

2. Martin Ryan:

   A standard tree conforms to the seat of the rider, and then for it to accommodate to the horse, it has padding attached to the underside, with the Bua tree, it's in two -- it's a tree for the rider, and a tree for the horse. And it's joined at the front, which means it gives it a natural suspension between the two.

3. Dave Marver:

   The main thing is the current combat helmets are ... not optimized for blunt impact protection and that’s what football helmets are designed to do, protect against blunt impact, and so what we’re doing rather than working to replace the shell of the combat helmet, which is good at ballistic protection, we’re actually replacing the inner padding, which is currently just foam.

4. Lori Bassani:

   We find that the seats are not only getting smaller, but there's no padding on them anymore.

5. Dave Marver:

   And so what we’re doing rather than working to replace the shell of the combat helmet, which is good at ballistic protection, we’re actually replacing the inner padding, which is currently just foam.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=padding
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Padding
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/padding
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=padding
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=padding