the act of shielding from harm
"The mother quickly wrapped her arms around her child, providing a comforting sense of shielding from harm as they waited for the storm to pass."
a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
"The technicians spent hours installing heavy shielding around the reactor core to block dangerous radiation from escaping during the fuel cycle."
shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference
"The technician installed a specialized shielding around the sensitive server rack to block stray signals from disrupting its operations."
The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
"The high-field signal observed for the methyl protons is due to shielding from their adjacent carbon atoms."
present participle of shield
"The mother wrapped her child in a blanket, providing shielding from the harsh winter wind."