SHIELDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shielding mean? 

• SHIELDING (noun)
  The noun SHIELDING has 3 senses:

1. the act of shielding from harm

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

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

  Familiarity information: SHIELDING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIELDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of shielding from harm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shielding" is a kind of...):

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

Derivation:

shield (protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shielding" is a kind of...):

shield (a protective covering or structure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shielding" is a kind of...):

shield (a protective covering or structure)

 Context examples 

Ovarian shielding is a type of fertility preservation.

(Ovarian shielding, NCI Dictionary)

Then he rolled over on his side, his head resting on the biceps of the under arm, the forearm shielding his eyes from the sun.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Fortunately, light pollution can be controlled by shielding lights to limit shine to the immediate area, reducing lighting to the minimum amount needed — or by simply turning them off.

(Milky Way now hidden from a third of humanity, NOAA)

A measuring process without any shielding septa restricting detectors' coincidences.

(PET Scanner 3D Mode, NCI Thesaurus)

A measuring process with shielding septa restricting detectors' coincidences.

(PET Scanner 2D Mode, NCI Thesaurus)

But because no spacecraft had ever passed through the region before, Cassini engineers oriented the spacecraft so that its 13-foot-wide (4-meter-wide) antenna pointed in the direction of oncoming ring particles, shielding its delicate instruments as a protective measure during its April 26 dive.

(Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn, NASA)

Another brain region, the junction area between temporal and parietal cortex that has been related to the shielding of thoughts against irrelevant information, is less strongly connected to the rest of the brain network.

(Smart People Have Better Connected Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)