shielding

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Verb

  • Present participle of shield

Noun

  • The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
  • 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.

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