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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Shielding

    of Shield

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  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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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. Amy Klobuchar:

    I don't think that you can look at impeachment hearings without getting the documents -- the House would have to get the documents -- and Attorney General is shielding documents.

  2. 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.

  3. Vladimir Putin:

    The best proof is the way our boys are fighting in this operation : shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other, and if need be, protecting each other like brothers, shielding one another with their bodies on the battlefield. We haven't had this unity for a long time.

  4. Herbert Spencer:

    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

  5. Ilya Yashin:

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

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