English Explanatory Dictionary

shielding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of shield
noun
  1. The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
  2. 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.

Word forms

shielding shieldings

Synonyms

screening

Antonyms

deshielding

Derived words

radiation shielding shielding constant shieldingly
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