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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: spectroscopy
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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verb
present participle and gerund of shield
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the act of shielding from harm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: protection
noun
a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shield
noun
shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shield
History
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