Look up: grating

1. grating
   [adj] - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
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2. grating
   framework of parallel wooden slats used for sieving stalks from the grapes Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • arrangement of fine parallel wires used in waveguides to pass only a certain type of wave Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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3. Grating
   Grat'ing noun [ See 2d Grate.] 1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent. 2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant and para...
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4. Grating
   Grat'ing adjective [ See Grate to rub harshy.] That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. -- Grat'ing*ly , adverb
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5. Grating
   Grat'ing noun A harsh sound caused by attrition.
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6. Grating
   Grat'ing noun (Optics) A system of close equidistant parallel lines or bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction. Gratings have been made with over 40,000 such lines to the inch, but those with a somewhat smaller number give the best definition.
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7. grating
   1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent. ... 2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by d...
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8. grating
   gravel adjective unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; `a gravelly voice`
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9. grating
   noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
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10. Grating
    • (a.) That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. • (n.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats. • (n.) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a ...
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11. Grating
    Shredding cheese, carrots and other hard foods with a grater or food processor attachment.
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12. Grating
    A grating is any regularly spaced collection of essentially identical, parallel, elongated elements. Gratings usually consist of a single set of elongated elements, but can consist of two sets, in which case the second set is usually perpendicular to the first (as illustrated). When the two sets ar...
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13. Grating
    A diffraction grating is an optical component imprinted with a pattern comprised of minute periodic structures or grooves. It is similar to a lens, prism or mirror, as it is used to disperse light in a specific manner conducive to production of a desired image. A reflection grating works in a similar way, dispersing light through wavel...
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