Definitions for shielding
shield·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shieldingnoun

   the act of shielding from harm

2. shieldingnoun

   a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay

3. shieldingnoun

   shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. shieldingnoun

   The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei

2. shieldingnoun

   Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.

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1. shielding

   Shielding refers to the process or action of protecting something from harm, damage, interference, or unwanted exposure. This might involve using a physical barrier, a force field, or any other kind of protective method to block or reduce the impact of potentially damaging substances, forces, or influences. It can apply to a wide range of contexts including physics, electronics, chemistry, and health and safety procedures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Shielding

   of Shield

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shielding

   1. Material of suitable thickness and physical characteristics used to protect personnel from radiation during the manufacture, handling, and transportation of fissionable and radioactive materials. 2. Obstructions which tend to protect personnel or materials from the effects of a nuclear explosion.

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1. • Protection
   • Shield

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How to say shielding in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shielding in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shielding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shielding in a Sentence

1. Ilya Yashin:

   If investigators did their work seriously and were not shielding the criminals, Kadyrov and his entourage would have been questioned long ago.

2. Catherine Seymour:

   The longer you feel lonely the more chronic Mental Health Foundation becomes and actually the harder Mental Health Foundation is to then re-engage in activities, for people who have been shielding, or have had a lot of their socialization opportunities shut down -- which includes many teenagers who haven't been able to go to school and haven't had activities available to them -- it can be much harder to then reintegrate. We lose a certain amount of confidence in our ability to go out into the world.

3. Matt Gordon:

   I ’m a contractor for excavation and all of my equipment on site was vandalized, for the most part, a majority of the people are for the pipeline. Everybody enjoys gasoline and plastic products. The opponents are shielding themselves with Native Americans. Most of the protesters were White.Line 3 has brought back millions of dollars to the reservations.

4. P. G. Wodehouse:

   At five minutes to eleven on the morning named he was at the station, a false beard and spectacles shielding his identity from the public eye. If you had asked him he would have said that he was a Scotch business man. As a matter a fact, he looked far more like a motor-car coming through a haystack.

5. Anastasia Radina:

   President Biden said that NATO allies will fight for every inch of NATO territory, well, right now, it is Ukraine who is fighting for every inch of NATO territory, shielding NATO allies from war.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shielding
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shielding
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shielding
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shielding