shielding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shielding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shielding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shielding n 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, n.] 1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden. A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak. 2. To ward off; to keep off or out. They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.