shielding

IPA: ʃˈiɫdɪŋ

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

Examples of "shielding" in Sentences

Plutonium might work, but Geez, the shielding is so heavy.
Church in shielding these animals and/or ignoring the actions of the perpetrators.
The Shade was also heavily magnetized to provide shielding from the potentially deadly solar wind, and cosmic rays.
To clarify this, the point of magnetic shielding is keep all of the superheated plasma inside the torus-shaped chamber.
Simply cut the plastic shielding from the metal housing of the usb cable and look for the crimp on one side of the metal shielding.
Lastly, when are people going to get smart and look behind the green curtain shielding the income and profit of the malpractice carriers, and huge bonuses being handed out to the executives.
After years of being "very careful and very protective" in shielding Anna from the spotlight, they decided to open their home to USA TODAY and ABC News in hopes of drawing public attention to their case.
Finally, threatened with harm for his role in shielding 1,268 Tutsis and moderate Hutu from near-certain death over 100 days during the Rwandan genocide, he sought asylum in Belgium and found work driving a taxicab.
Obscurity and unaccountability start to integrate with a new interest in shielding the grounds of individuality — its supposed inner, ontological roots — from representation, particularly representation according to the universalised laws of physics and logic.