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shielding

verb

Meaning

  1. To protect, to defend.
  2. To protect from the influence of
  3. The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
  4. 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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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