Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

More definitions
  • the act of shielding from harm
  • a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
  • shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference

Forms

plural: shieldings
Singularshielding
Pluralshieldings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Action done by the person with the ball to protect the…:screening

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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