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shieldings

shieldings is the plural of shielding.

Meaning of shielding

Noun

shielding (countable and uncountable, plural shieldings)

  1. (spectroscopy) 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.
    Synonyms:
    screening

Questions about shieldings

What is shieldings the plural of?
Shieldings is the plural of shielding.

Words near shieldings in the dictionary

  1. Shieldhill
  2. shielding
  3. shielding constant
  4. shielding constants
  5. shieldingly
  6. shieldings
  7. shieldless
  8. shieldlike
  9. shieldmaid
  10. shieldmaiden
  11. shieldmaidens

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