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shield·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
shieldingnoun
the act of shielding from harm
shieldingnoun
a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
shieldingnoun
shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference
Wiktionary
shieldingnoun
The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Shielding
of Shield
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shielding in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shielding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of shielding in a Sentence
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.
If investigators did their work seriously and were not shielding the criminals, Kadyrov and his entourage would have been questioned long ago.
If they left it in some crowded place, that would be more of the risk. If they kept it together but without shielding, certainly it's not insignificant. You could cause some panic with this. They would want to get this back.
The central point is that there is no precedent for this Committee to bring in outside counsel for the sole purpose of shielding the members of Senate Judiciary from performing their responsibility to question witnesses.
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.
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